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You'll have to take more care when selecting a GIF to make sure it's suitable for business use. Reddit has many GIF-related subreddits including:/r/educationalgifs/r/highqualitygifs/r/upvotegifsPlus, there's also a Top-250 List from the High-Quality GIFs subreddit that's worth checking.How to create GIFsIf you can't find the perfect GIF, you can always create your own. You don't have to be a graphic designer to create a GIF as there are plenty of apps and tools that are easy to use including GIPHY, Make A Gif, EZGIF, and gifs.There are several ways to make a GIF from photos and videos, so let's examine each method.How to create a GIF from photosIn this example, we've used the online tool, Make A GIF.Choose which photos you want to upload:Note: You'll need at least two photos to create an animated GIF.Edit the GIF:a) Set the animation speed.b) Add a caption and a sticker, if required.Finalise your settings:a) Give your GIF a title, category, and tags.b) Select your preferred listing - private, public or link only.Download or link to your GIF:Note: the free version includes their watermark. Upgrading to a premium account removes it.Here's the result:How to create a GIF from a YouTube videoIn this example, we've used the online GIF Maker app from GIPHY. YouTube videos are usually too long to use on social media. But you can take a slice of the action and convert it into a smaller-sized GIF using online tools.Here's how to convert 'one cat and a cucumber clip' from this YouTube video into a GIF.Head to GIPHY and click 'Create':Add the URL of the YouTube video you’d like to convert into a GIF:Trim your video by selecting the Start Time and Duration:Embellish your GIF with a Caption, Stickers, Filters or Drawing, if required:Add hashtags to your GIF so people can discover it:Upload your GIF to GIPHY, so it's ready to share:Share or download the GIF using one of the options:Click ‘Copy Link’ to get a link for your GIF so you can share it in your social media posts.Use the ‘Embed’ code to embed the file on your blog or website.Use the 'Share It' buttons to share straight to Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.Here's the result:via GIPHYHow to create a GIF from an existing videoIn this example, we've used the online GIF Maker app from GIPHY.This time, instead of selecting a YouTube video, we've uploaded an existing MP4 video. (It's a screen recording made using the built-in iOS screen recorder.)Choose your original video file, and then follow the same steps as above to edit and create your GIF:Here's the result:via GIPHYHow to create a GIF screen recordingIn this example, we're using the GIPHY Capture app for Mac.Earlier in this post, we showed you the four steps required to find a GIF on Facebook. But sometimes it's easier to illustrate steps with a short video, and GIFs are perfect for that.Download and launch GIPHY Capture from the Mac App Store:You’ll see a recording overlay screen (light green filter colour) outlined in red below:a) Resize

For you, and you get a GIF added to your Photos library at the end of it. In the case of converting videos, you'll be able to trim the clip to the right start and end points first.Creating a GIF from an online video: GiphyA lot of the time you're going to want to create a GIF out of an online video you've found on a service like YouTube or Vimeo. Perhaps the most straightforward tool for the job here is Giphy on the web. It lets you trim videos to a certain length, add extras like text and stickers, and post GIFs to the web to share, or download them. 0"> What do you think so far? You do need to register an account in order to use Giphy, but it's free. When that's done, just point the web app towards the URL of the video you want to make a GIF from (you can also upload images or video files from your computer, if you prefer): After a few minutes processing you'll get to the edit and create screen, where you can choose the exact frames you want to use to create your GIF. Giphy offers a simple-to-use web app for GIF making. Credit: Lifehacker Unfortunately, Giphy and the other online tools you'll come across aren't able to grab content from streaming services like Netflix or Prime Video. Sadly, it's rather difficult to grab content from these services, unless you use illegal means to get local copies of the videos you need.Most streaming services will automatically disable playback when they detect that any kind of screen capture tool is being used, either on Windows or macOS, which makes it difficult to make your own GIFs. The same tech that's designed to stop content being pirted wholesale also stops

Animated GIFs continue to be a popular way to express emotions and reactions across the web and social media. In this comprehensive, 2600+ word tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the powerful Giphy API to generate and display animated GIFs programmatically in a React application. We’ll cover key topics like:Getting up and running with the Giphy APIMaking API requests from React Displaying animated GIFs in your user interfaceAdding interactivity with forms, state, and eventsAdvanced techniques like error handlingStyling and animating for a polished UXSecurity and best practices when using 3rd party APIsOther capabilities of the Giphy platformUse cases and examples to inspire your own implementationsBy the end, you’ll level up your skills with React, APIs, styling, animations and more as we build a complete animated GIF generator app!Why Use the Giphy API?Before we dive in, let‘s discuss why the Giphy API is so popular.Massive Library of Animated GIFsAs of 2023, Giphy offers over 700 million GIFs and stickers spanning categories like reactions, entertainment, sports and more. Such an extensive library ensures developers can find just the right GIF for their use case.Well Documented APIsGiphy provides comprehensive documentation and SDKs for their API in JavaScript, Python, Java, Objective-C and more. This makes integration easy for all tech stacks.Flexibility The Giphy API has endpoints allowing developers to search GIFs by keyword, trending topics, translate text to GIFs, emoji trends and much more. Build anything from GIF search apps to animated conversations.EngagementGIFs lead to higher engagement on sites and apps through emotion and storytelling. Integrating Giphy supercharges UX with smiles and delight!Now let’s dive into building our own app for animated GIF generation!Getting Set UpWe’ll use Create React App to quickly scaffold a project:npx create-react-app gifgencd gifgenThis provides a standalone React build configured for development.Now install the Giphy client SDK:npm install @giphy/js-fetch-apiThis wraps the Giphy API in easy to use JavaScript functions.Next, grab your API key from Giphy Developers by creating a new app. Make API CallsWith the key, we can now import the SDK and make API requests:// App.jsimport { GiphyFetch } from ‘@giphy/js-fetch-api‘;const gf = new GiphyFetch(process.env.REACT_APP_GIPHY_API_KEY);The gf instance will handle communicating with Giphy’s API.Let’s test it:const getTrending = async () => { const { data } = await gf.trending({ limit: 25 }); console.log(data);}getTrending(); We use the trending endpoint to fetch popular GIFs with a limit of 25 results. The data is logged showing it works!As async/await is still relatively new,