GIFs, on the other hand, are always decoded directly with the CPU. The CPU overhead of a low resolution GIF with only a few frames of animation is negligible, but you could technically create a GIF with a comparable resolution and framerate to a YouTube video, and you would be surprised by how many of your system resources it consumes. However, GIFs are still useful because they are considered images and not videos. This can be handy for everything from reaction images to interactive fiction development or other presentation formats.īecause of the way the web and other applications work, that means they will render and animate automatically in many more contexts, and do not need to be embedded or linked separately. In this tutorial, you will try out several tools for creating GIFs from video clips, optimizing them for size and quality, and ensuring you can use them in many contexts. You can also combine these tools to integrate into another application stack. This tutorial will provide installation instructions for a Ubuntu 22.04 server. You can set this up by following our guide on Initial Server Setup with Ubuntu 22.04. Step 1 - Installing ffmpeg, Gifski, and Gifsicle You will also need to have installed the Homebrew package manager to install one of the tools in this tutorial. In this tutorial, you will need three tools to follow along with the examples. The first is: ffmpeg for cutting and manipulating videos, then Gifski for creating GIFs, and finally Gifsicle for optimizing and further manipulating your GIFs. Then, install the ffmpeg and gifsicle packages with apt install: Begin by updating your package sources with apt update: These tools are available on most platforms.īoth ffmpeg and gifsicle are available in Ubuntu’s default repositories, and can be installed with the apt package manager. Install it with brew install (this will take a few minutes as Homebrew installs other dependencies): The last tool, gifski, is available via Homebrew. You now have all the necessary tools installed on your machine. ![]() Step 2 - Downloading and Examining a Sample Video Next, you’ll start by acquiring a sample video to create a GIF from. You can make a GIF from any existing video clip. ![]() If you don’t already have one that you want to use, you can use our video on Introducing App Platform by DigitalOcean as a starting point.
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