Paint: Create GIF - these features are available

If you want to create your own GIF from images or a video, you have numerous options. In addition to various online tools, you can also use professional image editing programs. However, this is not possible with Paint, which is pre-installed on Windows computers. But you can use it to create the images for your GIF.

How to create images for your GIF in Paint

If you want to create a GIF, you need a video clip or many individual images beforehand from which you can create the animation. Paint.net is pre-installed on Windows and offers numerous options for image editing. Nevertheless, it is not possible to create a GIF with the software. However, you can prepare the individual images for your animation with the program.

1. If you want to create a GIF, you should first create a sequence of images. Therefore, save the images numbered. So you always keep track of where which image comes.
2. Now start with the first image and save it. Open this again and make a minimal change. For example, you can make a minimal change to a person's legs to animate walking. Speichern Sie das zweite Bild anschließend mit einer höheren Zahl ab.
3. Wiederholen Sie dies, bis Sie genug Bilder für eine Animation haben. Je kleiner die Veränderung zwischen den Bildern, desto flüssiger wird später die Animation des GIFs.
4. Sobald Sie alle Bilder erstellt haben, können Sie diese über einen Online-Editor Ihrer Wahl in ein GIF verwandeln.