Making your own GIFs: These tools are available

On the Internet, numerous small animation with and without sound circulate, which are so-called GIFs. You can find them on social media platforms and instant messengers. If you want to create your own GIF, this is possible from images or even videos. All you need is a suitable tool.

How to create a GIF yourself

To create a GIF, you can choose from numerous programs. For example, you can use an image editing program such as GIMP or Photoshop. Alternatively, there are programs that are specifically designed for creating GIFs. However, if you do not want to download and install software, then you can use a suitable online tool. With these, you upload your images or video and then convert them into a GIF.

1. Go to the gifmaker website with your browser. Here you can now upload images or a video.
2. To do this, click on either the "Upload Images" or "Video to GIF" button. You can directly upload all the images from which you want to create the GIF. This can be up to 300 images.
3. Then you will see a preview of the animation on the right side.
4. In addition, you can make other settings here, such as the canvas size, but also the animation speed or whether the animation should be displayed in a loop. Über eine passende URL können Sie Ihre Animation zudem mit Musik unterlegen.
5. Haben Sie alle Einstellungen wie gewünscht vorgenommen, klicken Sie auf die Schaltfläche „Create GIF Animation“. Wahlweise haben Sie bei diesem Editor auch die Möglichkeit, daraus eine Video-Animation zu erstellen.