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WhatsApp 2022: How to Create a GIF in 2 Easy Ways

Sending a GIF on WhatsApp is an attractive feature for WhatsApp users. Thus, many users want to know how to make a GIF on WhatsApp?. GIF is the short form of Graphics Interchange Format, which is a format for image files, and it supports static and animated images. The format is called lossless since it does not reduce the image quality. GIFs show and store images with indexed colors. Therefore, a GIF image considers a maximum of 256 colors. Although they can keep more than 250 colors, the file size is approximately the same as JPEG, so they are occasionally used.

GIFs are not suitable for digital images like the images captured by digital cameras or smartphones because they involve a limited number of colors. They are mainly adequate for webs and banners because they do not need many colors. 

How to Make a GIF on WhatsApp?

WhatsApp supports GIFs, and it has a collection of GIFs. In many situations, GIFs offered by WhatsApp are adequate to show the things we would like to say or the feelings we would like to share. Nevertheless, there are unique expressions that are not possible to express accurately through WhatsApp offered GIFs. Therefore, it becomes essential to create our custom GIFs. WhatsApp allows the users to make their custom GIFs in the application, and the process is very manageable. The way is like sending a video to someone with manipulation of converting video to GIF.

We are going to teach you how to create GIFs on iPhone and Android, and we are going to teach you how to send them as a message to private or group chat.

Method 1: Creating a GIF by iPhone or iPad

Step one: Open your WhatsApp Messenger on your iPhone or iPad that you can find on your home screen or app folder.

Step two: Choose a chat on your chat list that you want to send the GIF, and open the conversation.

Step three: Tap on the + icon on bottom left of the conversation page. By this task, your attachment options will open in a new pop-up.

Step four: Choose Photo & Video Library on the pop-up menu, and enter your gallery.

Step five: Find the video you like to create GIF from. It will open in video editor section of WhatsApp.

Step six: Select the icon of GIF on the top-right. This icon can be found in the upper-right corner of your video in the video editor next to the video camera icon. 

Step seven: Cut the video if you like to choose the part by dragging < and > icons.

Step eight: Tap on Send which looks like a white paper plane. It is in the lower-right corner of your screen. It will send the GIF to the selected chat.

Method 2: Creating a GIF by Android Phones

Step one: Open your WhatsApp Messenger on your Android device that you can find on your home screen or apps tray.

Step two: Choose a chat on your chat list that you want to send the GIF, and open the conversation.

Step three: Tap on the white icon on the top right which is next to the three-dot icon. By this, it will open the attachment option on the pop-up menu.

Step four: Select the Gallery option. It will show you Android’s camera roll.

Step five: Find the video you like to create GIF from. It will open in video editor section of WhatsApp.

Step six: Select the white icon of GIF on the top-right. This will turn the camera icon to GIF icon which means that your video is now converted to a GIF.   

Step seven: Cut the video if you like to choose the part by dragging blue trim heads on each side of the video timeline.

Step eight: Tap on Send which looks like a white paper plane. It is in the lower-right corner of your screen. It will send the GIF to the selected chat.

Conclusion

GIF is one of the most interesting features of WhatsApp. In this article, there are methods presented for creating a GIF. Do you use GIFs in your chats? Is it interesting for you to create your own GIFs?

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