Animations or GIF images are one of the types of files that have made using the computer and the internet fun. An image ending in a .gif extension is a dynamic image made up of multiple images that loop around and looks like a video icon.
Essentially you can make a Gif image that is the set of some photos in sequence with each other ..
Once you have a GIF image it can be used as an avatar in chats as a messenger or in forums or other social network sites.
The .gif are fun and there are several online tools that allow you to transform groups of three or more photos, in classic jpeg or jpg format, into a gif or even convert a portion of video into a gif, create animated memes with text and writing and create a GIF image directly using the webcam.
In this post, the best sites and apps to create an animated GIF image by composing images or videos or webcam shots, between programs and online services :
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1) MakeaGIF allows you to select multiple photos and create the GIF.
You can also create the GIF from a webcam shot, from a video or from a Youtube video.
2) Meme Dad is probably one of the best meme creators in GIF online to create animated memes. It is therefore possible, simply, to import a GIF file on this site or use one of those made available, then add a personalized meme text at the top and bottom and customize it by changing its size, font, color, stroke and outline.
3) Giphy is the most famous and popular site in the world to create animated gifs from photos or videos . It allows you to import files from the PC or videos from YouTube, Vimeo and Giphy, then also add captions or text and change color, style, text animations, stickers, filters, etc.
4) EZGif is another one of those inevitable if you like to make new GIFs, because it has many tools to create them from static images, videos, other GIFs and then also to create animated memes.
5) GifCam is a small and easy free program that allows you to create GIFs by taking and composing different images captured from the desktop. You can then create a series of images for whatever appears on the screen, which can then be composed to create a complete GIF that can also be modified with various effects. To get started, just press the REC button and the application will do the rest.
6) GIFMaker.Me offers better control over the size of the animated GIF and the speed of animation, with a preview panel so you can get an idea of what the GIF looks like before you create and save it.
7) Andtheniwaslike allows you to create a GIF image from shooting with the computer webcam and share it on Facebook or Twitter.
8) GIFPal has many effects that you can add to GIFs and allows you to control brightness, hue, contrast and saturation.
9) MemeCenter's GIF Maker has the best interface between these sites, more convenient to use to create a GIF. GIFMaker allows you to insert additional text and brush strokes into the GIF to give it a more personalized touch
10) Bloggif has several separate tools for creating various types of GIFs, with the addition of effects.
You can also try the GIF webcam function which allows you to capture photos with the webcam and create a mini film.
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11) AnimateGif is instead a free program to download for Windows with an interface where you can drag and drop the images and photos that will then make up the GIF animation. The controls are used to change the speed of the image loop, and to change the quality. When all the settings are finished, click Animate and enter a name for the new GIF image to be saved.
12) LooGix allows you to create animated gifs online, uploading personal photos.
You can choose the size of the animation and the speed of the transaction for a photo and another. At the end click on the button "Generate Animation". There are also several special effects to be applied to the GIF animation to make it more unique and fun and to use it as an avatar.
13) GIFup is a really nice 2.0 website, with several features including:
- the ability to create a GIF image from various photos, taken from websites or from the webcam.
14) Gifs.com is also a very simple website that makes creating fantastic GIFs a breeze, both using photos and videos from Youtube and also to create memes with personalized animated writings.
15) GifGear allows you to create a gif image by combining several photos or normal images to upload to the site. You can choose the speed of the loop, the size of the new animated image and you can add different transition effects.
16) A free program to create GIFs with more options is ScreenToGif which allows you to create GIFs or edit GIFs already made with a powerful and simple to use editor. You can record the screen or webcam or even by extracting images from a video and save the new GIF and also edit any existing GIF image, frame by frame.
17) MakeGif is an extension for Google Chrome to quickly create GIF images, directly from the web browser, of videos from Youtube HTML5.
18) Picasion is a site with a lot of advertising around but with at the center the tool useful for creating GIFs starting from two or more photographs to be uploaded from the jpeg format. By pressing the "Upload" buttons you can upload the photographs or images you want to see in the animated sequence then, by clicking on Create Animation the site works a little and pulls out the animation and the link to share it, save it or to be used directly on forums as avatars.
19) Gickr is an excellent online service that allows you to create animated GIFs by composing various photos.
20) Finally, an online tool, LiveTyping, a detail used to create textual and animated Gif images. Basically words are written and they will appear with the sequential entry effect, letter by letter, like a Gif image.
The program for creating animated images and GIFs by mixing photos is described on another page of this blog.
Related to these tools, I can only remember:
- Apply effects to the WebCam and distort the face with Photo Booth on Windows
- Create custom avatars without the use of photos, for sites, blogs, Facebook
- Create moving images and virtual transformations.
