Animated GIFs: Is there an app?

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 08/01/2017 at 15:57 • Filed to: None

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

Nick Has an Exocet > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/01/2017 at 16:00

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

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/01/2017 at 16:04

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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 > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 08/01/2017 at 16:06

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

Textured Soy Protein > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/01/2017 at 16:07

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

ttyymmnn > Textured Soy Protein 08/01/2017 at 16:09

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

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Chariotoflove 08/01/2017 at 16:10

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ah...my bad then

Textured Soy Protein > ttyymmnn 08/01/2017 at 16:11

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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 > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 08/01/2017 at 16:14

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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 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/01/2017 at 16:15

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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 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/01/2017 at 16:17

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GIF pros use photoshop

Krieger (@FSKrieger22) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/01/2017 at 16:20

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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 > Textured Soy Protein 08/01/2017 at 16:30

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Gotcha.

shpuker > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/01/2017 at 18:05

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According to Google, yes

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