How to Convert a Video Into a Gif Animation

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Open your version of Photoshop without opening your video.. Click on "File," then "Import," and select "Video Frames to Layers.. Choose the settings needed for your GIF.

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1

Open your version of Photoshop without opening your video.

Step 1

Open your version of Photoshop without opening your video.

2

Click on "File," then "Import," and select "Video Frames to Layers.

Step 2

Click on "File," then "Import," and select "Video Frames to Layers.

3

Choose the settings needed for your GIF.

Step 3

Choose the settings needed for your GIF.

4

Edit or delete any frames you don't want in your final GIF.

Step 4

Edit or delete any frames you don't want in your final GIF.

5

Click "File," then "Save for Web.

Step 5

Click "File," then "Save for Web.

6

Search online for "Video to GIF" converter and find a site you feel comfortable

Step 6

Search online for "Video to GIF" converter and find a site you feel comfortable using.

7

Find a video you want to make into a GIF online.

Step 7

Find a video you want to make into a GIF online.

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Locate the part of the video you want to convert.

Step 8

Locate the part of the video you want to convert.

9

If offered, decide what frame rate you want to use.

Step 9

If offered, decide what frame rate you want to use.

10

Press the record, review, or save button to convert your video.

Step 10

Press the record, review, or save button to convert your video.

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Open Microsoft GIF Animator and click the Open icon.

Step 11

Open Microsoft GIF Animator and click the Open icon.

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Navigate to the desired .avi video and select Open.

Step 12

Navigate to the desired .avi video and select Open.

13

Edit, remove, or reorder the list of your frames along the side of the screen.

Step 13

Edit, remove, or reorder the list of your frames along the side of the screen.

14

Loop your video like a real GIF.

Step 14

Loop your video like a real GIF.

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Click the Image tab and set the duration of each frame using the slider.

Step 15

Click the Image tab and set the duration of each frame using the slider.

16

Click the Save As button to finish your GIF.

Step 16

Click the Save As button to finish your GIF.

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