Animated GIFs: Is there an app?

by "Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
Published 08/01/2017 at 15:57

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Rather than using a web-based method? Something I can use on my Windows PC(s)?

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"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
08/01/2017 at 16:00, STARS: 1

Depends where you are sending them. There are plugins for many apps, including browsers I think.

"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
08/01/2017 at 16:04, STARS: 0

you can save any gifs you find to disk and then post from disk.. on kinja at least

i may have misunderstood the question

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
08/01/2017 at 16:06, STARS: 2

I suspect he is asking about making animate gifs from video to post.

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
08/01/2017 at 16:07, STARS: 0

Are you talking about creating or searching? You can find basically anything and everything you’d want on giphy.com.

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/01/2017 at 16:09, STARS: 1

He’s looking for a stand-alone app on the PC rather than going through the Web.

"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
08/01/2017 at 16:10, STARS: 0

ah...my bad then

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
08/01/2017 at 16:11, STARS: 1

I know that’s what he asked for but maybe he didn’t know about giphy and was using something like google image search, thus giphy could be a fine enough solution rather than a dedicated app.

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
08/01/2017 at 16:14, STARS: 1

Also, usage of the term gif seems to have evolved to half the time to meaning an animated gif set. I find it confusing.

"Jason Spears" (shadestalker)
08/01/2017 at 16:15, STARS: 0

I’ve used Gifcam a time or two: http://blog.bahraniapps.com/gifcam/

It records a region of your screen to make the GIF, so it may not be exactly what you want, but it works for turning a short snippet of video into a GIF preview of it.

I too would be interested in a more full-fledged toolset, but without investing in a Photoshop or similar suite. As ubiquitous as these things are, you know not all the creators are buying expensive software to make them.

Edit: Here’s an article, kind of old. This is probably where I found Gifcam.
https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2454592,00.asp

"Nibby" (nibby68)
08/01/2017 at 16:17, STARS: 0

GIF pros use photoshop

"Krieger (@FSKrieger22)" (Krieger22)
08/01/2017 at 16:20, STARS: 0

I think I’ve gotten some (now expired) offers for desktop GIF makers, but I usually use imgur’s video to gif if there’s a scene from a web video I want to use as a gif.

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/01/2017 at 16:30, STARS: 0

Gotcha.

"shpuker" (shpuker)
08/01/2017 at 18:05, STARS: 0

According to Google, yes

https://www.ghacks.net/2014/08/11/the-best-video-to-gif-converters-for-windows/