The GIF image format, the one used for animated photos (in Harry Potter style) has become really popular on the internet, especially in its evolutions called Cinemagraph GIF where the photo remains motionless except for one of the framed elements. We have seen, in another article, how to find the best animated GIF images on the internet.
If you want to create animated GIF photos or videos in loop using the camera of your mobile phone, without having to do who knows what video or photo processing, there are automatic applications for both iPhone and Android, completely free .
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1) Gif Maker is an application that can be downloaded and installed for free on both iPhone and Android and that works in a very similar way. Animated GIFs can be created easily using the smartphone's camera and recording for 30 seconds. In practice, series shots are performed automatically and then you can choose which frames to keep and which to discard. In post-production, you can add text above the animation or filters to beautify the image.
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2) GIF Camera is an application for Android and also for iPhone that allows you to take photos in series for a certain period of time (20 or more seconds) so that you can mount them in an animated GIF. GIF Camera is easier and more immediate to use, there is no social network behind it and allows you to save GIFs to your mobile phone memory or share them with other applications, Facebook or Twitter. Once the frames are recorded, you can choose which ones to remove and then speed up or slow down the animation speed. You can also choose to reverse the GIF loop starting from the last frame. The end result is extremely fun.
3) PicsArt Animated Gif e Video, for Android and iPhone has been named the best application of 2017 for its ability to create animations from photos. You can then record a video to be divided into frames or combine a series of photos together and then draw animations between one and the other, even in a super advanced way, like no other app can do.
4) Vimage, for Android and for iPhone, allows you to create real high-quality Cinemagraph GIFs . Using the camera, you can record a short clip and then select which area you want to animate. The GIF will then follow the frames of the video only in the chosen area, keeping everything else in place. The creation process is extremely simple and straightforward. In the end you can put a filter over the animation to make it look more professional (or at least less amateur). The newly created cinemagraphs can be shared on Facebook, Twitter, via SMS or via e-mail.
5) Gif Me! Camera, for Android, capable of adding filters to GIFs and animated photos for up to 14 seconds.
6) GIF Mob for Android only is a simple app for creating and sharing animated GIF images using your own photos
7) High-Speed Camera for Android allows you to take up to 60 shots in a minute, to be combined in a GIF.
8) Finally, do not forget, Lumyer, for iPhone and Android, which allows you to animate the photos taken with unique and special effects that are truly innovative and worth trying.
9) Instagram Boomerang is a very simple app to use on iPhone and Android, to create GIFs lasting 4 seconds, composing 10 consecutive automatic shots.
10) Google Motion Stills for Android and for iPhone is a very simple but perfect app to create animated GIF photos, cinemagraphs and sliding panoramas.
11) As seen in another article, you can take moving photos on every Android smartphone even with Camera MX, which creates an effect similar to that of iPhone Live Photos.
12) VSCO is a great app for creating live GIF images, just like taking a photo, using numerous filters to make them special.
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