Tip: Galaxy phones let you easily make GIFs from your recorded videos
Did you know Samsung gives you an option to make GIFs from videos you shoot on your Galaxy phone? Seasoned Galaxy smartphone users will probably know about this already, but for those who don’t: The stock video player on Samsung’s Galaxy devices lets you make six-second GIFs from camera videos. It’s a simple process and can come very handy when you just want to share a portion of a video with others instead of the full video.
A nifty out-of-the-box solution
Take, for example, the GIF of a few seconds of lightning from a thunderstorm above, and you should get an idea of just how useful the option to make GIFs from your recorded videos can be. The only limitation is that you cannot create GIFs from videos shot in low-light conditions. As we said earlier, it’s quite simple to do so. All you need to do is go into the Gallery app, play the video you want to make a GIF from, pause it at the moment at which you want the GIF to start, then tap the GIF button in the top right corner of the screen.
That will send you into the GIF editing mode, where you can adjust the duration of the GIF (it can be six seconds long), select the speed at which the GIF plays, and select whether the GIF plays backwards, forwards, or repeats on a loop. Once you’ve made the necessary changes, you simply tap the Save option in the top-right corner. The GIFs can then be accessed from the GIFs folder in the Gallery app.
Need a visual guide? Just check out the GIF below to see how to create GIFs from your camera videos (call it GIFception if you like). Need more tips on getting the most out of your Galaxy smartphone? You can find them in our tips and tricks section here.
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It is feature that probably debuted with Note 7. But I’m not sure.
You could be right. I remember using itvon Note7 while I had it, but I don’t remember it on Note 5.
“The only limitation is that you cannot create GIFs from videos shot in low-light conditions.”
Why ?
You taken GIF from low light thunder.
That’s a good question. I’ve made gifs from low light video although it depends on what is the definition of low light I suppose. It may be that if there is, very low light quality will be terrible. But lightning is very bright even though it’s at night. I’ve made some gifs with lightning too, so I suppose that bright flash is important.
Excellent tip for new users. I use it a lot as we make short process operation videos for diagnostics which are repetitive after a few seconds so the GIF saves a lot of space plus it’s a smaller file for sharing. Really useful.
Not only for new users as I’m using S series for looooong time and wasn’t aware of that 😀 Thnx for sharing 😉