This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Personal Tech invites questions about computer-based technology to. Tenor is another GIF collection site, if you are looking for premade creations. Giphy, a popular GIF repository, also hosts its own online conversion page, and even has its own studio to professionally create new material for clients. Several websites, including EzGif, also offer to convert video clips into animated GIFs, but you need to be comfortable uploading a personal file to a public web page. The looping, soundless GIF files work on just about any platform, and libraries of the files have been built into some third-party keyboards and other apps for quick access when texting. Over the past several years, animated GIFs have become increasingly popular around the world as a way to share a reaction or an important moment, especially in text messages, on social media and in chat apps. GIPHY Capture is a free desktop app you can download from the Apple App. You can also make video loops or animated GIFs from iOS Live Photos and through tools offered in social media apps such as Instagram, Snapchat and Tumblr. The easiest way to take your existing video content and turn it into a GIF is to.
