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@@ -446,6 +446,15 @@ A simple script which executes the above command is included in the source file
 
    ~/splash/scripts/movie.sh
 
+Alternatively, it is possible to create an animation from a list of image files::
+
+ ffmpeg -f concat -r 25 -i list.txt -vb 50M -bt 100M -vcodec mpeg4 -vf setpts=4.*PTS movie.mp4
+
+Where list.txt contains the image files you want to use like this::
+
+  file 'path/to/file1.png'
+  file 'path/to/file2.png' etc
+
 See :ref:`sec:moviemaking` for more.
 
 .. _sec:hollywood: