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  • Guy Fieri and dancing corgis popular GIFs.

    Animated GIF generator from Picsart makes AI fun again

    Remember the early days of the AI hype train, when everyone spent their time making stupid images using text prompts? If you want to recapture the nostalgic haze of, uh, late 2022, Picsart has got you covered. The popular image editor just launched an AI-powered animated GIF generator.

    Lawrence Bonk
    07.03.2023
  • Screenshot of Gfycat front page.

    Gfycat is shutting down on September 1st

    Gfycat is shutting down later this year.

    Igor Bonifacic
    07.02.2023
  • Giphy logo displayed on a phone screen and Giphy website displayed on a laptop screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on November 29, 2021 (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

    Giphy is adding alt text to make GIFs more accessible

    This is a welcome accessibility improvement that could help visually impaired people better understand what's happening in GIFs.

    Kris Holt
    12.06.2022
  • Reddit app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

    Reddit won’t make you pay to comment in GIF form anymore

    Most subreddits can switch them on for all their community members starting today.

    Kris Holt
    07.13.2022
  • TikTok Library

    TikTok users will soon have an easier way to add popular GIFs

    The TikTok Library will feature clips from TV shows that you can use too.

    Kris Holt
    03.29.2022
  • NEW YORK, NY - MAY 21:  Steve Wilhite, inventor of the GIF file, attends the 17th Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 21, 2013 in New York City.  (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for The Webby Awards)

    GIF inventor Stephen Wilhite has died

    GIF inventor Stephen Wilhite has died from COVID-19 at the age of 74 with his wife Kathaleen at his bedside.

    Steve Dent
    03.24.2022
  • BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 10: In this photo illustration the logo of Twitter can be seen on a smartphone on March 10, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)

    Twitter can now create GIFs using your iOS camera

    If you’re a frequent Twitter user, the company is making it easier to create and share those clips.

    Igor Bonifacic
    03.22.2022
  • Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Facebook may be forced to sell Giphy following UK regulator findings

    Facebook's acquisition of GIF-sharing platform Giphy raises competition concerns within social media and advertising, the UK's competition regulator has found.

    Saqib Shah
    08.12.2021
  • Spotify integration with GIFs on Giphy

    Spotify and Giphy are 'enhancing' GIFs with music

    Spotify and Giphy now give you a way to 'listen' to GIFs by pointing you to a musician's Spotify page.

    Jon Fingas
    07.22.2021
  • native image galleries

    Reddit finally supports native image galleries

    Redditors will finally be able to share multiple images in a single post without leaving the site.

    Karissa Bell
    07.15.2020
  • Giphy logo

    Facebook just bought Giphy

    The GIF-sharing platform reportedly cost Facebook $400 million.

    Kris Holt
    05.15.2020
  • NurPhoto via Getty Images

    Instagram will let you reply to Stories with GIFs

    For a couple of years, Instagram users have been able to pull GIFs from Giphy to use as animated stickers in Stories. When your friend posts something that you just have to respond to and words or a static image just won't cut it, you might want to reply with a GIF of your own. And guess what? You can do just that following the app's latest update.

    Kris Holt
    02.04.2020
  • Twitter

    Twitter lets you upload iOS Live Photos as GIFs at last

    Twitter is offering iOS users another way to get more out of Live Photos by letting you turn them into GIFs "anywhere you upload photos on Twitter." It's not clear whether this'll work for Pixel motion photos as well. Engadget has asked Twitter for clarification.

    Kris Holt
    12.11.2019
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    Giphy's new video platform is basically GIFs with sound

    Wherever you side on the pronunciation of GIF (JIF?), it's undeniable that they've become a critical part of our everyday communications. WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook support them as standard, and you've likely received more than one email from zany creative types with them embedded in their signature. Now, like the silent movie coming of age, they're getting a voice: Giphy is adding sound to its library of animated GIFs and stickers.

    Rachel England
    12.11.2019
  • Jeff Higgins, Twitter

    Snapchat's Cameo test slips your face into GIFs

    GIFs are great for conveying your reactions, but they're not usually very personal -- and recording yourself probably won't be that exciting. Snap might have found a way to bridge those two worlds. The company has confirmed to TechCrunch that it's testing a Cameo feature which inserts your face into a selection of (currently pre-made) GIFs. You just take a selfie, pick a generic body type and your face will animate as if it were you, including mouth movements. Think of it like a deepfake, but this time friendly instead of creepy.

    Jon Fingas
    12.08.2019
  • Disney

    Adorable 'Baby Yoda' GIFs return after Giphy mix-up

    One of the most relentlessly adorable characters in Star Wars history just got caught up in some copyright confusion. Giphy has restored GIFs of Disney+ series The Mandalorian's stand-out character The Child (nicknamed "baby Yoda" because... well, look at him) after "confusion" over whether or not the animations were allowed. Vulture claimed in a spoiler-laden piece that the GIFs of the cute-as-hell character were taken down for "copyright reasons," but Giphy has stressed that Disney wasn't responsible. Giphy only pulled the snippets temporarily while it "reviewed the situation," the company said in a statement to the BBC.

    Jon Fingas
    11.25.2019
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    Twitter lets you add GIFs to retweets

    As of today, Twitter users can include GIFs in their retweets. Users can also include up to four photos or a video. The update is rolling out on iOS, Android and mobile.twitter.com, and accounts like @GameOfThrones and @NASA are already putting it to the test. It's a function many Twitter users have called for and just one of several recent changes the platform has made.

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    Giphy’s film festival turns GIFs into art

    As I made my way into the Metrograph movie theater in New York City, I felt like I was attending a screening for the Tribeca Film Festival. There was a red carpet, people posing for professional photographers, an official film guide and, of course, drinks and popcorn. This isn't quite what I expected when I learned I'd be attending Giphy's first Film Fest. If that name sounds like an oxymoron, the event was a showcase of 118 videos of 18 seconds or less from five different categories: narrative, animated, stop-motion, experimental and wild card. Considering that most of my GIF consumption happens on a laptop or phone, I wasn't expecting this big a to-do.

    Edgar Alvarez
    11.10.2018
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    Giphy unveils its short-form video platform

    Giphy is again moving beyond the traditional confines of everyone's favorite animated image format, the GIF. The company is soft launching its video platform Friday, which showcases the 118 finalist videos from the first Giphy Film Fest, held earlier this week.

    Kris Holt
    11.09.2018
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    Giphy's GIFs are sliding into Instagram DMs

    Instagram and Giphy are teaming up yet again after their original partnership was marred by a racist GIF that slipped through the cracks. After bringing GIFs to Stories earlier this year, Instagram is now giving you access to Giphy's collection from within the main app's Direct Messages and the standalone Direct app. The Facebook-owned platform has added a new GIF button in the compose bar, and you simply need tap on it to load all of Giphy's trending GIFs. You can either surprise your friend and yourself by tapping on the "random" button or look for something specific by using keywords and phrases.

    Mariella Moon
    09.20.2018