#i'll just dm and the gifmakers i guess

[epiaphany]

i'm angry about this again, sorry

[sergeantjessi]

I wanted to start making gifs, do you have recommendations for software?

Heyyy c:

I'm definitely not a pro gifmaker myself, so I guess I'll just tell you how I do it?

For the longest time, I've made my gifs with Instagiffer. There haven't been any updates for almost 10 years now, which means that some features are outdated/don't work anymore, but the core program itself works perfectly fine & is easy to use. (Some of the outdated features I encounter are: the option to load yt videos into the program from the url no longer works (I usually work around this by downloading the video), and the social media size warnings are wrong, but that's not too bad, especially since you can turn them off.)

Then I started using the website Gifcap to record the basic gif to later edit in Instagiffer (downside is, gifcap will often have a little fragmented/pixel-ly look. I personally think it adds a little funk to the gifs, but often time it's distracting, so I'm actually trying to find a new way to record gifs). You can theoretically already use Gifcap to make gifs, your options are just very limited (and by that I mean, the only customization you can do is cropping).

Recently, I've "abandoned" Instagiffer (except for making some really quick gifs/edits) to switch completely to Photopea for gifmaking. Unless you already know your way with programs like photoshop, this will probably be overwhelming. It took me a while to get used to it and find out what things do and what I even can do. But I love it, and I don't think I'll stop using Photopea any time soon (even though my 6+ years old laptop struggles quite a bit lol). And while I've never used it, there's also Ezgif. It looks like a less overwhelming way of customizing gifs, so I guess that's a good alternative for making gifs in browser?

And uuuhhh... yeah, that's it! I'm definitely still learning & finding ways to improve my gifs, but that's where I'm at rn. c:

If you have any other questions or other things you want to talk about, my asks & dms are always open. <3