{"id":673,"date":"2019-04-23T16:29:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T16:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/?p=673"},"modified":"2022-01-13T16:19:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T21:19:40","slug":"how-to-create-high-quality-gifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/originals\/how-to-create-high-quality-gifs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn Anything Into a High-Quality GIF"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 7<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

It\u2019s 2022. You deserve smooth and cinematic gifs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re sent to you as texts; hidden in your Facebook newsfeed; sandwiched in boring emails to make those emails seem otherwise less boring. They\u2019re GIFs, a file format that stands for \u201cGraphic Interchange Format.\u201d And if you\u2019re still looking for an explanation:
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You might ask: why do GIFs always look pixelated and less colorful than videos? Well, the file format existed back when you needed to unplug your home phone to use the internet. With only 256 colors, they\u2019re designed to be efficient, small files, best suited for short clips with pretty similar frames. Just take a look at the miraculously-still-maintained Bob Dole 1996 campaign website.<\/a> That coffee mug animation? We regret to inform you it was groundbreaking at one point in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You might also ask: is it \u201cjif\u201d or \u201cgif\u201d with a hard G sound? The founder says \u201cjif\u201d<\/a>. The Oxford Dictionary says either<\/a>. So we\u2019ll leave it to you. So it really depends if you\u2019re a prescriptive or descriptive linguist. You\u2019ll probably get teased less if you say it with the hard G and not like the peanut butter brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anyway. For as widespread as GIFs have become, they, unlike videos or images, usually look pretty outdated. Most GIFs look small and low resolution, like the one above. It\u2019s hard to make a series of moving images about the same file size as just one static image, like a JPEG. And since they get shared so often, the same video gets compressed and looks worse each time it gets saved and re-uploaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basically, most GIFs get the job done. Without needing to send a YouTube link, you can easily embed a perfectly-timed movie reference or reaction into your conversations. But are they pretty to look at?
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Luckily for aspiring GIF creators, there\u2019s good news. Content makers across the internet are coming up with new and effective ways to stop the small, choppy frames and start producing high-quality GIFs<\/strong> like this one:
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