You can easily make GIFs using a range of open-source programs.
By Alexandra Arici – Nov 8, 2025
Spice up your GitHub repository with animation!
By Sayak Boral – Jun 2, 2022
The Preview app in Mac does not allow you to view animated GIFs. Here are a few ways to play animated GIFs on your Mac.
By David Joz – Jul 15, 2021
Want to use an animated GIF as wallpaper on your Mac? It doesn’t work right out of the box, but this is a way you can get it done.
By Jessica Thornsby – Dec 2, 2020
There are lots of quick-and-dirty ways to create a GIF on your PC. Here we show how you can create the perfect GIF using Photoshop.
By Robert Zak – Mar 2, 2019
With the latest update in gboard, you can now create your own animated GIFs without using other apps. You can even use your own face! Check it out here.
By Tracey Rosenberger – May 25, 2018
By default, Instagram doesn’t allow GIF images, but there are ways to overcome that. Here are some of the ways to post GIFs to Instagram effortlessly.
By Ryan Lynch – Oct 7, 2017
Mac doesn’t come with a native method to create an animated GIF. Here’s how you can create an animated GIF on macOS with Giphy Capture.
By Jeffry Thurana – Nov 17, 2016
Ever wanted to record your Linux desktop and create an animated GIF out of it? Silentcast to the rescue! This software allows you to do both.
By Himanshu Arora – May 30, 2016
Animated GIFs have become really popular in the past few years. Here is how you can create and edit animated Gifs from the command line in Ubuntu.
By Himanshu Arora – May 18, 2016
Did you know that you can create animated gifs on a Mac without a third-party app? All it takes is an Automator service and the right-click button.
By Mahesh Makvana – Apr 12, 2016
Ever recorded a video clip and then wondered “How do I turn this entire thing into individual images?” This guide will show how to decompile videos on Linux.
By Derrik Diener – Apr 1, 2015
If you are looking for ways to record your screen as an animated gif in Ubuntu and other Linux distro, Byzanz is a small command line tool that you can use. Check it out here.
By Damien Oh – Feb 24, 2015
Have you seen the small GIF videos on social networking sites and want to make your own with your photos and videos? You can with PicGIF.
By Laura Tucker – Apr 4, 2014
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