Animated GIF images getting pixelated when saving gif image with Python Image Library(PIL)

Question

I am trying to create an image upload utility in Hug / python and wanted to save images and gifs. But on uploading some of the gif images, the gif images seem to be a lot pixelated. Given below is the code snippet that I am using in the upload utility.

 image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(file))
 frames = [frame.copy() for frame in ImageSequence.Iterator(image)]
 image.save(media_location, save_all=True, append_images=frames)

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  The uploaded GIF
  
  

Answer 1

Fixed it!

The workaround can be not passing the animated images with PIL and directly storing it with a context manager .

    if image.is_animated:
        with open(media_location, 'wb') as fp:
            fp.write(byte_stream)