How To Save Animated GIF: I know this is not strictly photography related, but a gif is a series of pictures in a loop, so I will ask the smarter than me hoggers. I perused the forums...

mflowe Loc: Port Deposit, MD

I know this is not strictly photography related, but a gif is a series of pictures in a loop, so I will ask the smarter than me hoggers. I perused the forums and none seemed to fit the question. All the instructions on saving gifs say to : open file, right click,save as gif, save. This does not seem to work for me. I try to open file and nothing happens. I'm on a 2012 Imac. Don't know if the process is different for a mac. Any help is much appreciated.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

mflowe wrote:

I know this is not strictly photography related, but a gif is a series of pictures in a loop, so I will ask the smarter than me hoggers. I perused the forums and none seemed to fit the question. All the instructions on saving gifs say to : open file, right click,save as gif, save. This does not seem to work for me. I try to open file and nothing happens. I'm on a 2012 Imac. Don't know if the process is different for a mac. Any help is much appreciated.

It really depends on the program you use.

In the case of PS CC you need to use the older 'export to' or 'save as legacy'.
Export to offer the best GIF quality, no choice.
The save as legacy offers choices on quality and methods.

Note that many animations are MP4 disguised as GIF.
Also, WPM, a format created by Google is starting to take hold. These also hide as GIF and are not readable but by browsers or different software. If you save one of them and cannot look at it, this is the reason. Picmsmos tools can help with that.

You have sites that will allow you to create/edit GIFs quickly. https://ezgif.com/ is one of the best.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

mflowe wrote:

I know this is not strictly photography related, but a gif is a series of pictures in a loop, so I will ask the smarter than me hoggers. I perused the forums and none seemed to fit the question. All the instructions on saving gifs say to : open file, right click,save as gif, save. This does not seem to work for me. I try to open file and nothing happens. I'm on a 2012 Imac. Don't know if the process is different for a mac. Any help is much appreciated.

I have a method that uses Photoshop. https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-page?upnum=3016
That method is oriented toward comparing two images, but the process is the same for a multi-frame gif file.
I believe GIMP will also do it.
I suspect that most programs that will edit by layers will be able to do it somehow. You have to load all the frames into layers and combine them as an animated gif.

Google [whatever editor you're using] + "save animated gif"

mflowe Loc: Port Deposit, MD

Rongnongno wrote:

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Thanks for the reply, but I think you misunderstood my question or I wasn't literate enough to phrase it correctly. I am not talking about creating and saving a gif, I'm trying to save gifs from the web.

mflowe Loc: Port Deposit, MD

DirtFarmer wrote:

I have a method that uses Photoshop. https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-page?upnum=3016
That method is oriented toward comparing two images, but the process is the same for a multi-frame gif file.
I believe GIMP will also do it.
I suspect that most programs that will edit by layers will be able to do it somehow. You have to load all the frames into layers and combine them as an animated gif.

Google [whatever editor you're using] + "save animated gif"

Thanks for the reply but please see my above response to rongnongno

Rongnongno Loc: FL

mflowe wrote:

Thanks for the reply, but I think you misunderstood my question or I wasn't literate enough to phrase it correctly. I am not talking about creating and saving a gif, I'm trying to save gifs from the web.

That was the second part of my answer.

mflowe Loc: Port Deposit, MD

Rongnongno wrote:

That was the second part of my answer.

Thanks got it. I guess that part didn't sink in.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

Gimp does it, and you can easily find instructions online. My issue with it is I can't control the speed in Gimp. The menus have settings for doing that, but they don't seem to work.