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Gifs, or animated images, have come a long way over the past few years. Once a static medium limited to simple animations such as vines and blinking eyes, geeks everywhere have discovered an entirely new subculture of visual storytelling using these tiny files.
If you’ve not yet explored this world as part of your digital social life, we’ll get you up to speed – fast. There are many ways to use them on your iPhone and iPad, from uploading them directly to social media sites such as Imgur and Reddit to editing them in apps like Giphy Cam.
Whether for fun or for fame on Instagram, we’ve got you covered with this step-by-step tutorial on how to create an animated GIF on your iPhone in no time.
How to Make a Gif on iPhone from Multiple Photos?
Many of us have memories and moments that are best captured in still photos. While that is certainly the most common way to preserve memories, it isn’t the only way.
GIF images are essentially short video clips that are often more aesthetically pleasing and fun to view than a long clip of a moving object.
In order to make a GIF from several images on your iPhone, you will need to first take those images and then combine them into a single file using an app like iMovie for Mac or Editorial for iPad.
1. Open the camera app, then tap the round circle in the top right corner to switch on Live photos
2. Take a live photo on your iPhone of the object, person, scene, etc., that you want to turn into a GIF
3. Open the Photos app and scroll down to Live Photos
4. Select the photo you want to turn into a GIF
5. If you’re on iOS15, tap Live in the top left corner to open a drop-down menu. If you’re on iOS 14 or below, swipe up to see the menu options
6. Select Loop or Bounce to turn your photo into a GIF
And that’s it, Now, you can share your newly created GIF through iMessage or AirDrop.
If you’ve created a GIF to share on social media, upload it to a platform like GIPHY. This way it’s easier for a wider audience to see and share your new creation.
How do you animate multiple Pictures?
To make an animated GIF on iPhone with multiple images, the first thing you’ll need to do is take those images.
Luckily, there are plenty of ways to do this, whether you want to use the camera on your iPhone or an app such as Instagram to take multiple shots, or you have images saved on your device that you’d like to turn into a GIF.
Once you have your images, the process of making an animated GIF is relatively simple. You can also create animations and collages by multi-selecting photos from your photo grid.
- On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
- Sign in to your Google Account.
- Hover over a photo and click the check mark that appears.
- Select more photos in the same way. …
- Click the + symbol at the top.
- Select Animation or Collage.
How to Make an Animated Gif on iPhone Using Google Photos
If you want to make an animated GIF using Google Photos, it’s a fairly simple process.
You will, however, need to make sure that your photo is at least 1.5 megabytes in size.
Once you’ve selected the photo(s) you want to turn into an animated GIF, click “Edit” and select “Create the animation.” The app will automatically create an animated GIF from the selected images and save it to your Google Photos library.
Once the file is in your Google Photos library, select it and click “Share.” Select “Animated GIF” as the file type and the app will open the GIF in your browser and allow you to choose where you want to share the GIF.
- Open Google Photos. It’s the yellow, red, blue, and green pinwheel icon labeled “Photos” in the app drawer. You may also find it on the home screen.
- Tap Assistant. It’s the first icon at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap Animation. It’s the blue and white icon under the “Create new” header at the top of the screen.
- Tap each photo you want to include in the animation. You can select between 3 and 50 photos.
- Tap Create. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen. In a few moments, your new animated GIF will play automatically.
- To share your GIF with others, tap to select a messaging or social media app.
- If you don’t like the animation, tap the trash can at the bottom of the screen to delete it.
Conclusion
GIFs have become a go-to visual medium for funny posts and creative storytelling. While they inspire a lot of creativity, they also require a lot of time and patience. Luckily, it’s now possible to create animated GIFs from start to finish in just a few clicks using your iPhone.
We hope that this guide has helped you to understand how to make a GIF on your iPhone. However, if we’ve missed anything, please feel free to leave us a comment and let us know what you’d like to see covered next.
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