Animated GIFs have been around for almost two decades, allowing users to create and share simple animations online. The file format has persevered despite its shortcomings (e.g., no sound), and in fact, it’s recently seen a resurgence in popularity. People have taken to converting short, often comical video clips into animated GIFs, which they then post to blogs and social networking sites.
There are a number of ways to create video GIFs using your Mac, including uploading a video clip to Gifninja.com or manually assembling an animation using Adobe Photoshop. However, the most efficient way to create a video GIF is with Patrick Roger’s GIFBrewery ($3, Mac App Store), which I’ll use to demo the concept. Apps such as Total Video2Gif ($5, Mac App Store) can tackle the job as well, but with less finesse than GIFBrewery.
Step 1: Pick a video clip
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Finding a video file to convert should be straightforward. You can choose an existing video file on your hard disk, or make a video yourself with your iPhone, iPad, or digital camera. Once you’ve chosen your video file, you’ll need to sift through it and find a short segment of video to convert to GIF. (There is no need to trim your video; in this step, you simply want to identify the clip that will be converted.)
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• Choose a clip that’s comical, cute, or topical.
• The clip should be short (2-5 seconds) in order to keep the file size reasonable.
• The clip should be primarily visual, as the resulting animation will have no sound.
GIFBrewery only supports video files that can be played by Apple’s QuickTime software. However, you can expand the number of playable video formats by installing free QuickTime plug-ins onto your Mac, such as Perian and Flip4Mac WMV.
Step 2: Create your video GIF
GIFBrewery streamlines the process of creating a video GIF, but it’s not as simple as clicking a button. Open GIFBrewery and drag your video file into the empty video window to get started (or choose File -> Open from the main menu).
Set the Clip Range. Immediately below the video window, you’ll see a video scrubber with arrows. These arrows define the portion of the video to be converted. Move the scrubber control (the thin black line) to the start of the segment you want to convert and choose GIF -> Set Current Frame as Start of GIF, and then repeat this process for the end, choosing GIF -> Set Current Frame as End of GIF. If you need to fine-tune the frame, you can also use the arrow keys on your keyboard to make finer adjustments.
Now turn your attention to the GIF Settings window. Under Clip Range, you’ll see the exact timing for the start and end (down to the millisecond). I recommend you tweak the start and end times to match full second intervals as closely as you can; for example, change a start time of 03:18 to 03:00. Unfortunately, GIFBrewery does not allow you to directly edit the timing numbers, so you’ll need to tug the arrow controls in the scrubber to adjust these times.
Set the frame count and frame delay. Under Clip, you’ll see settings for Frame Count (the total number of frames) and the Frame Delay (how long a single frame is displayed). These are the toughest figures to sort out.
The optimal frame count depends on a number of factors, including the duration of the video and the frame rate of the video. (You can find out the frame rate of your video by opening it in QuickTime Player and choosing Window -> Show Movie Inspector.) Let’s say the frame rate is 24fps and you have chosen a segment that’s three seconds long. In this scenario, the ideal frame count is 72 (24 x 3). Alternatively, you can count the frames manually. Place the scrubber at the start of the segment you want to convert and then, using the right arrow key on your keyboard, count the total number of frames.
The optimal frame delay is directly dependent on the frame rate, and can be determined using this formula: 1 ÷ X * 1000, where X = frame rate per second. (Consult the chart below if you need a cheat sheet.)
The Mode option allows you to generate the clip three different ways: Normal, Reverse, and Palindrome (forward and backward), with all three options looping endlessly. In most cases, you’ll leave this setting as Normal. A fourth option, Loop Count, allows you to control how many times the GIF repeats (in case you don’t want it repeating endlessly).
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Set the size. Most video files these days have quite large pixel dimensions, measuring at least 640 by 480. That’s just fine for a proper video file, but too demanding for a GIF. (At that size it’s very likely to play slowly and have an excessively large file size.) Start with a size of 160 by 120 and then experiment with larger sizes, if you feel you must.
Add a Filter (Optional). GIFBrewery allows you to add filters to brighten, color-correct, or stylize your video GIF. For example, you might want to add a gamma filter to brighten up a dark video.
Create your GIF. After you’ve configured all the settings, simply click Create GIF at the bottom of the video window. The app will then generate the animation and preview it for you. Note that the preview may display slowly if you’ve chosen a high frame rate, but it should play fine in a Web browser. To complete the process, click Save.
Step 3: Share your GIF
[Chris McVeigh is an author, illustrator and toy photographer who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a frequent contributor to Macworld.]
How To Change A Video To Gif
Anyone can transform their favorite videos into animated, looping GIFs in Adobe Premiere Pro.
If you’re creating a slideshow presentation, you might want to know how to create a GIF so that you don’t have to upload an entire video file. If you’re building an online portfolio, you might want to show GIFs of your video samples to save viewers time waiting for videos to buffer. Or, you might just want to turn a funny family video into a meme-worthy reaction GIF. Whatever reason you have, it’s easy to turn any video clip into an animated, looping GIF in Premiere Pro.
You can make a GIF out of any moving image, but for this tutorial, we’ll focus on exporting a video clip in Premiere Pro. If you are dealing with illustrations or frame-by-frame animation, consider using Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Animate.
How to Make a Video into a GIF
- Open the video in Adobe Premiere Pro.
You can either directly open the video in Premiere or create a new Adobe Premiere Pro file and drag your chosen video into the project window. - In “Sequence Settings,” set the proper dimensions and frame rate.
With the editing mode set to “custom,” set the frame rate to 15 frames per second. You can use whatever dimensions you would like, but the most common ones for a GIF are 640 x 360. - Choose a short clip.
To keep the file size small, use a clip that’s less than 20 seconds. Most GIFs are only 5-10 seconds long. Use the razor tool in the toolbar to cut your clip at the beginning and endpoints. Once you have your clip selected, delete the extra pieces of video. You can also click any empty space before your clip and get rid of that by pressing your computer’s delete key.
Remember, GIFs don’t include audio, so any sound in your video will not play. You might as well delete the audio layer of your video as well, since it won’t be used.The ideal length for a GIF is 5-10 seconds. - Export as a GIF.
Go to File > Export Media and set the format to “animated GIF.” Name the file whatever you would like, press “export,” and you’re done!
You might notice that the quality of the video is significantly reduced. GIFs can only include so many colors, which results in a simplified version of the clip. For this reason, you might notice some pixel “speckling.”
If you’re looking to make a GIF out of illustrations instead of a video clip, you probably want to try making it in Photoshop. Discover how to make a frame-by-frame animation.
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