In this video tutorial, I will show you how to convert an MP4 Video to GIF animation.
This can be a useful technique if you want to share short video clips on social media with small file sizes.
This also works well with chat applications such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Twitter Posts, Facebook Posts and YouTube Community Posts.
how to convert an MP4 Video to a GIF animation video tutorial
Below, you can view a step-by-step video tutorial guide on how to convert an MP4 video file to gif animation.
Note: In this tutorial, I will be using the MP4 to Gif Animation Tool.
Video Tutorial Content
- Introduction for mp4 to gif animation.
- Calculate the aspect ratio for gif animation to reduce file size.
- Open the mp4 file using the online converter website.
- Set the resolution size for the exported gif file.
- Click the convert button to start mp4 to gif conversion.
- Download the converted gif animation file.
- Test converted file in a web browser.
- Example gif animation in a Twitter tweet.
- Example gif animation in a Facebook post.
Convert an MP4 Video to a Gif Animation video tutorial
MP4 to Gif Frequency Asked Questions
What is a GIF animation?
An animated GIF is an image encoded in a graphics interchange format (GIF).
The gif animation normally contains a set of frames that are sequenced to create a mini video clip.
GIF animations can only contain visual information and not audio content.
Where can I use GIF animations?
Lots of social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube Community Posts. support gif animations.
At DCP we often use gif animations in our blog posts to demo specific processes in a tutorial.
Do gif animations loop?
GIF animations can be set to loop (repeat the animation) forever or for any number of specified times.
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