Gyf: Create an animated Gif from the iPhone to share with friends

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Today, a large number of applications that are considered as a support for social networks have the characteristic of offering their users the possibility of record a little video that later, it can be shared with friends and contacts in general.

Vime is a worthy example of this, who offer the possibility of make a 6 second video and where, creativity and ingenuity is what prevails in each of the proposals that have been enjoyed on the Internet. An additional tool has recently come to appear on the web and specifically, in the Apple Store, which has the name of «Gyf» And it works without any problem on an iPhone and also on an iPad, although in the latter case, the application interface will be in the vertical direction of the screen.

How to work with «Gyf» on my iPhone?

«Gyf» is a free mobile application that you can download from the apple store store, same as (unfortunately) requires registration by those who wish to use it. If you have a Facebook social network on your iOS mobile device, then you can make this registration by linking the tool with your profile. After completing this first step and executing "Gyf" you will be able to admire a very easy to use interface that is close to what we will show you below.

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We have placed two images together in the previous capture, which are practically telling us what we are going to do with this mobile application. The capture on the left side is the one that you will practically see in a first performance of «Gyf», where you will have to decide if you want use a video that you may have previously saved with your iOS mobile device, or if you want to create a completely new one with the camera. We must mention something important about this last alternative, and that is that if you decide to record a new video, it will unfortunately not be saved in the «camera roll». With this little background that we have given you, you will already know what you are going to do later.

When you have the video incorporated, you will see a window very similar to the one that we have placed on the right side. In the upper part, all the frames (frames) that are part of the video will be shown, having to choose start and end point of the same. You must remember that this application will only allow you to make a 10 second Gif animation, which could represent approximately 300 frames.

Parameters to control with «Gyf»

If you have already chosen the video that you are going to process then you have to continue to the next screen by touching the "use video" button; In the lower part we will place another capture to explain a little better what you have to do later.

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That image on the left side will show us a series of functions distributed in a horizontal band (at the top of the slider buttons). That paintbrush icon It will show us these sliding buttons, which you can move to the left or right if you want to increase or decrease the number of frames that will be part of the animation. The other slider button at the bottom instead will help you to increase or decrease the speed of your Animated Gif. You can go back to the first icon (shaped like a balloon or message) to enter a title that identifies your animation. The only thing left to do after completing these steps is to select the option that will help you "upload" all that work to any of our social networks to share the animation with contacts and friends. It is worth mentioning additionally, that the Gif animation in addition to being only 10 seconds long, it will have a resolution of only 320 × 240 px, something that will offer us an image that is too poor, since it would correspond to those old video formats that were called VCD (VideoCD).


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