GIF & Video Tutorials, Guides and Comparisons
Guides on the parts that are genuinely confusing: why GIF file sizes behave the way they do, what the format can and cannot represent, and which settings actually matter. Written to be read once and then not needed again.
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Getting started12 September 20267 min read
How to Make a GIF — A Complete Beginner Walkthrough
Making a GIF is three decisions — what goes in it, how fast it plays, and how many colours it gets. Everything else is detail. This walks through all three with the numbers that actually matter, using a browser-based editor so nothing gets uploaded along the way.
Read the guideVideo12 September 20268 min read
The Complete Video to GIF Guide
Converting video to GIF is mostly about throwing things away in the right order: seconds, frames, pixels, then colours. Do it in that order and a ten-minute recording becomes a sharp three-second loop. Do it in the wrong order and you get a blurry 8 MB file.
Read the guideOptimisation12 September 20268 min read
Reduce GIF File Size Without Wrecking the Picture
Four levers control GIF file size, and they are not equally powerful. Ranked by effect: dimensions, frame count, colour count, dithering. Understanding why they rank that way is what lets you cut 70% without the result looking cut.
Read the guideFormats12 September 20266 min read
Transparent GIFs: Why Edges Break and What to Use Instead
Transparent GIFs get black halos, jagged edges and a fringe of whatever colour was behind them at export. None of this is a bug in your tool — it is the format doing exactly what it was designed to do in 1987, and knowing which part is unfixable tells you when to stop fighting it.
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