GIFs are amazing graphical animations. They make use of multiple images to combine to form a video-like representation. If you’re a fan of GIFs, consider learning how you can record your screen and make a looping GIF in Windows 10.
A little something about the GIF
GIF or Graphical Interchange Format is an intuitive way to form small sized animations that are nearly identical to the way you record videos (at least for smaller lengths). The format has proved to be extremely popular on the Internet because of how information rich GIFs can be.
Screen to GIF App Converts Screen Recordings Into Animated GIFs
Screen to GIF is an amazingly intuitive app that does extremely well when it comes to handling GIFs and creating them from screencasts. It is designed specifically for users who record their screen regularly – whether for tutorials, showcasing designs, etc. – and want to share a GIF instead of a video.
Screen to GIF is nothing less than a Pandora box of screen recording to GIF editing features. It comes in one of the most smallest file sizes possible and it is quite astounding to see what it offers in such small amount of space.
Assessing its user interface: Screen to GIF is extremely simple and intuitive to use. When I first downloaded the app, I was of the view that it might be very complicated to use like most other editors but much to my amazement, Screen to GIF was extremely easy to use.
The most part of the interface features a mirroring window. Wherever you drag the program, the window shows whatever is underneath on your screen. This makes it extremely easy to record a specific part of the screen which you wish to be turned into a GIF. Furthermore, you can include multiple parts of the screen as part of the GIF by dragging Screen to GIF around.
Apart from the transparent window, the interface features a toolbar just underneath that window. The toolbar consists of some basic alterations which you can make before you move on to record your GIF. The buttons include the GIF and app settings buttons, frames/second captured button, resolution counter, Record button and the Stop button. These extremely basic and nifty controls give you all the power you need to make the perfect GIF from your screen. Simply position the program over the screen, click on the Record button and then when you’re done, click on Stop.
After you’ve clicked on Stop, a completely new interface holding your captured GIF appears. You’ve now moved into the Editor portion of the program. The Editor is as good as you’d want it to be. Like the primary interface of Screen to GIF, the editor’s interface is also extremely easy to operate as whatever you want is simply there in front of you as shown in the image below.
The editor contains all the basic tools you’ll need to customize your GIF. Its features include:
- Filters: Filters are one of the darlings of editing crazy people. You can simply select a filter from the Filters button and apply it to your GIF.
- Frame by Frame editing: The scroll bar below the transparent window allows you to jump to a specific frame of your choice and apply editing to it.
- Adding text and other annotations: The Add Text button allows you to add small messages or descriptions to your GIF. If that doesn’t seem of interest to you, you can annotate your GIFs by clicking on the Free Drawing button. It opens up another photo editor like Microsoft Paint in which you can safely customize your GIF according to your interest.
- Deleting frames: A subset of frame by frame editing, you can delete those frames which you think shouldn’t be in the GIF by simply scrolling over to that frame and then clicking on the Delete button.
- Altering frames per second: After you’re done recording a GIF, you can still change its frames per second value. Simply right-click on the 66ms button to set the value that matches your tone.
Screen to GIF is a well-crafted package of features that has everything to get your love going for GIFs. Easy to use, just a tiny bit of hard-disk space and a whole lot of customization features are what makes this app truly remarkable. If you liked what you read, be sure to try Screen to GIF from the download link below.
Download Screen To GIF For Windows 10 [Softpedia]
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