{"id":2643,"date":"2017-09-05T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2023-02-24T20:28:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T20:28:46","slug":"create-gif-using-techsmith-snagit-13-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/09\/05\/create-gif-using-techsmith-snagit-13-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a GIF using TechSmith Snagit 13 Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>GIFs are the new emoticons.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While most people thing of GIFs as funny memes that are often used to visually explain an emotion. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GIPHY<\/a>&nbsp;to see what I&#8217;m talking about Willis.<\/p>\n<p>For example, here is a GIF that shows how I feel about Snagit&#8230; and kittens:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gph.is\/2wchZey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3oEhmK5PD21Of23JBK\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"Love GIFs - Find &amp; Share on GIPHY\" width=\"374\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GIFs are popping up everywhere &#8211; you can now use them on Facebook, Yammer, and even Outlook (by installing an add-in).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a GIF?<\/strong> A short video, usually a dozen seconds long, that&nbsp;replays repeatedly on a loop.<\/p>\n<p>In the technology and documentation world, they&nbsp;are super useful to explain a concept. I see Microsoft using them with increased frequency in their <a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office Help and Training<\/a> site.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve wanted to start making them for some time now, but assumed it would be complicated&#8230; and that I&#8217;d have to open up TechSmith Camtasia Video Editor. However, I recently discovered a one-click button in<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>TechSmith Snagit 13 Editor. Check it out:<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Create a GIF using TechSmith Snagit 13 Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you open a video file in Snagit 13, you&#8217;ll see a GIF button to the right of the playback buttons. See:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/09\/TechSmith-Snagit-13-GIF-button.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2645\" src=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/09\/TechSmith-Snagit-13-GIF-button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/TechSmith-Snagit-13-GIF-button.png 1136w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/TechSmith-Snagit-13-GIF-button-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/TechSmith-Snagit-13-GIF-button-1024x169.png 1024w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/TechSmith-Snagit-13-GIF-button-768x127.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although making the GIF is simple,&nbsp;TechSmith made a super easy-to-follow Tutorial video that explains some of the output options in detail.<\/p>\n<p>For example,&nbsp;&#8220;Reduced File Size&#8221; will scale the frame to a max frame of 400 pixels for both width and height.<\/p>\n<p>I particularly like the &#8220;Fade to black&#8221; checkbox option that allows you to<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the TechSmith webpage here:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techsmith.com\/tutorial-snagit-13-create-an-animated-gif.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Create an Animated GIF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the TechSmith video here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snagit 13: Create an Animated GIF\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oR7RpkYHqNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: I did not create the video above. This blog post is simply pointing you to a video that was created by TechSmith.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GIFs are the new emoticons. While most people thing of GIFs as funny memes that are often used to visually explain an emotion. Check out GIPHY&nbsp;to see what I&#8217;m talking about Willis. For example, here is a GIF that shows how I feel about Snagit&#8230; and kittens: GIFs are popping up everywhere &#8211; you can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/09\/05\/create-gif-using-techsmith-snagit-13-editor\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[95,244,262],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Create a GIF using TechSmith Snagit 13 Editor - Kelly LaForest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/09\/05\/create-gif-using-techsmith-snagit-13-editor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Create a GIF using TechSmith Snagit 13 Editor - Kelly LaForest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GIFs are the new emoticons. 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