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Q. I’m a big fan of GIF’s and I’ve really been enjoying PopKey. I started using it as an app and thanks for letting us know about it coming to the computer!
I see GIFs everywhere now and with PopKey I can add GIFs easily. So much fun!
I was wondering if there’s an easy way to make my own GIFs. I’m not a techie at all but since I’m seeing GIFs everywhere so I’m pretty sure they can’t be super hard to make. But I have no clue how to make one.
Can you tell me an easy way to make a GIF?
PS Thanks for your great articles that even a non-techie like me can understand!
A. Excellent question! As you may be able to tell from my Wonder of Tech articles, I’m a big fan of GIFs too. I’m also a fan of free and easy tools. Why make life difficult when it can be easy!
I recently discovered a very cool, free and easy tool called Gifyt to make GIFs from YouTube videos while I was attending a class on using the Apple Watch at my local Apple Store. Okay, it was really more of a private lesson as I was the only one attending the class. But the good news is that the Apple Genius and I started talking tech and he showed me this cool GIF tool.
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How to Make a GIF from a YouTube Video
Making a GIF from a YouTube video is so very easy anyone, techie or not, can do it. A free and easy tool called Gifyt lets you make a GIF with a few simple steps.
Also check out => How to Make GIFs on Your iPhone in 2 Easy Steps
All you do it add “gif” before the URL (web address) of any YouTube video. Find your favorite YouTube video that you think is GIF-worthy and type “gif” after the www and before the URL in the address bar of your browser.
For example:
https://www.youtube.com/xyz
becomes
https://www.gifyoutube.com/xyz
Hit Enter on your keyboard.
You’ll be taken to a tool called Gifyt Creator that helps you turn the YouTube video into a GIF.
In Gifyt you’ll see the YouTube video playing in a window on the right and the control panel on the left. Using the control panel you can craft your GIF.
Creating Your GIF
• Give your GIF a title at the top.
• Choose the video segment you want to use as your GIF by using the slider at the bottom of the video to set the start and stop times.
Adding a Caption (Optional)
• Click on the Text box to add a caption to your GIF if you want words to enhance your message.
• Use the slider under the Text box to control when the caption appears during your GIF. You can skip this step if you want the caption to appear throughout the entire GIF.
• Choose the color and font for the caption. Your font choices include Impact and Montserrat, your color choices are many.
• Click Add Caption.
• Click Caption at the top of the control panel then slide the caption to where you want it to appear on your GIF.
Finish
• Click Create GIF at the bottom of the screen.
Congratulations! You created your first GIF!
Sharing Your GIF
After you create your GIF you’re taken to a the Gifyt Viewer page that lets you see your GIF and share it with others. You’ll see sharing buttons for:
- Tumbler
This page also gives you URL links for your GIF in two formats and an embed code if you want to include your GIF on your blog. Because hey, why wouldn’t you want to do that?
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Your Thoughts
Have you ever wanted to create your own GIF? Did you know about creating a GIF using Gifyt? Have you ever created a GIF? Share your thoughts with us in the Comments section below!
Hi, Carolyn, this is a fun little tool, isn’t it?
My hope was for it to work with private videos, my family don’t like putting stuff on the internet, but of course it’s not geared up to work with private videos. Still it’s a nice little tool I can’t wait to share.
Thank you!
Hi Donald, Yes, Gifyt only works with YouTube videos. But with so many YouTube videos to choose from you can probably find some fun videos to use for your GIFs.
Maybe, if your family sees how Gifyt works, they may start putting their videos on YouTube!
Hi,
Trust me I’ve searched how to make an animated gif using old pictures few hours ago but but didn’t really liked any sites but this GIFYT seems quite impressive.
Thanks
Hi Vicky, Yes, Gifyt is a very easy tool to use. With a massive YouTube source for videos, you can make endless GIFs for fun!
Hi Carolyn, I see many GIFs on the Google+ platform. But I was wondering how could they make those. But your Gifyt tool should be help me in my endeavour. But I have one question, should we download the video and then make the GIF? Or does it work online?
Hi Richard, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! Yes, you can upload your own videos to YouTube then make GIFs out of them using Gifyt. Or you can use the millions of videos already on YouTube.
Have fun with Gifyt, Richard!
Didn’t know about this useful tool. I love GIFs and always wanted to know how to make my own ones, now I know, lol. Thanks for sharing this!
Hi Isabel, I’m so glad you’re going to be making good use of Gifyt. Enjoy your new GIFs!
Excellent Carolyn ,
It’s easy and also a great fun. Now I can make my own GIF’S Myself. Thank you ver ymuch Carolyn.
Wish you come up some new magical things also.
Hi Rashedul, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! You’re right, using Gifyt to make your own GIFs does seem magical. I hope you enjoy making your own GIFs, Rashedul.
Hey Carolyn,
This is something I have been waiting for. When Gifs first came around I looked into how to make them.
I wasn’t to hard but not the simplest thing ever either. This is perfect. I will bookmark this and take Gifyt for a spin soon.
Thanks for this. Take care.
Hi Steven, Yes, making GIFs without this tool can be complicated. But with Gifyt, making a GIF is about as easy as possible. I hope you enjoy making your own GIFs with Gifyt, Steven!
Hey Carolyn,
Well I’ve shared this one all over the place but am just now getting around to commenting. So let me just say, love it!
I see these gifs a lot and always wanted to know how the heck they did those. This tool is really going to come in handy now and I can’t wait to try this out myself.
Thank you so much for reporting about this, great job and I’m saving this one so I can play around with it the weekend.
Hope your week started off great.
~Adrienne
Hi Adrienne, Yes, making a GIF can be a chore, but Gifyt makes the task about as easy as possible. Find a fun YouTube video then make your Gif in a few seconds. Couldn’t be easier!
I hope you enjoy Gifyt, Adrienne!
This is an absolutely great find Carolyn. Thanks so much for this . . . and thanks to Adrienne for featuring this as one of her Magical Monday finds.
Hi Sherryl, Thank you. Yes, I am very grateful to Adrienne Smith for sharing this article with her readers in her Magical Monday post this week. Creating GIFs can be done easily and for free with Gifyt. This is a fun and useful tool that you should definitely try!
Hi Carolyn,
I love your gifyt creator. I never knew you could make your own. This post is awesome and now I know how. This is so cute and funny. great idea!
Now I am going to get some funny videos and give gifyt a try.
Thank you for sharing, Carolyn and you have a wonderful rest of the week!
Linda
Hi Linda, Yes, we see so many GIFs around Facebook, Twitter, email, etc. that they’re becoming very popular. How very cool that we can make them easily now with this free tool called Gifyt. I hope you enjoy using Gifyt, Linda!
Hi Carolyn,
Yes, I’m also a fan of GIF. There are many Gif who makes me laugh and it’s nice if I could make one. The problem is I do not know how to make it. 😆
This is the first time I heard about this tool. And as you said, it seems easy to create a GIF by using this tool. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Have a great week ahead!
~Nanda
Hi Nanda, Yes, creating a GIF can be difficult or easy. I like easy so I was very excited to learn about Gifyt and I’m glad you’re excited about it too. You won’t believe how easy it is to make GIFs using Gifyt. And it’s free!
Hi, Carolyn,
Great share, thank you! I’m downloading PopKey right now, as I’m really digging the capability of making my own gifs…Love it!
Will have to set a timer though so I don’t play too much. LOL
Thanks again and hope you have a lovely evening.
Talk soon,
˜Carol
Hi Carol, I’m so glad you enjoyed this article. Yes, I’m a big fan of PopKey and GIFs and it sounds as if you are too. I hope to see some of your new GIFs on PopKey, Carol!
I love to make gifs and share them on twitter and tumblr ,you have done my work very easy, thanks for sharing !
Hi Ali, That’s fantastic! I’m so glad you found this article and can make GIFs easily now. You’re right, even if you already know how to make GIFs you should check out Gifyt because it’s so very easy to use. Why make life harder on yourself when you can make it easier, right?
Hi Carolyn,
I found your blog through Adrienne Smith’s post this past week. This is such great information. I’ve wondered how to do this.
I can make them where they either slide up or down or sideways but not a true GIF like this.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi Monna, A warm welcome to The Wonder of Tech! I’m so glad you found this information through Adrienne’s site. Yes, making GIFs is so easy now with Gifyt that anyone can make one in just a couple of minutes. I love that it’s a free tool too!
Thanks for your visit and comment, Monna. I hope you enjoy making your GIFs!