{"id":68815,"date":"2014-06-30T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T14:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=68815"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:37:01","slug":"create-animated-gifs-from-youtube-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/create-animated-gifs-from-youtube-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Create animated GIFs from YouTube videos"},"content":{"rendered":"

The popularity of animated GIFs<\/strong> still hasn’t let up, and one of the easiest ways to create your own animated GIF is by using YouTube videos and free online GIF converters.<\/p>\n

When it comes to creating GIFs from your own video clips, Softonic Editor Jan-Hendrik<\/a> already took us through the process of creating your own GIFs on both Mac and PC<\/a> using web apps or a webcam to record things live. If you’re already found the perfect video online, however, there’s an even easier way to make your own GIFs<\/strong>. With any one of the three online converters below, you can create your very own animated GIFs from a\u00a0YouTube video.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gifsoup<\/h3>\n

With\u00a0Gifsoup<\/a>, you simply copy any <\/strong>YouTube link<\/strong> into the text box, and then click\u00a0Create Gifs<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Then, you can use any section of the video\u00a0up to ten seconds.<\/strong> Select the section by picking a start and end time within the clip. Then, click on\u00a0Generate Animated GIF<\/strong> to create the GIF file.<\/p>\n

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There aren’t any other options, so creating the GIF is incredibly easy.\u00a0The only downside: Gifsoup adds its own\u00a0watermark <\/strong>to your creation. With a\u00a0paid premium account, <\/strong>you can create animated GIFs that are\u00a0up to 30 seconds long with no watermark.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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MakeaGIF<\/h3>\n

MakeaGIF<\/a> works on the same principle as Gifsoup, but offers a slightly\u00a0fancier interface<\/strong>.\u00a0A slider lets you select the start time and specify the desired duration of your GIF animation.\u00a0If you register for free, the\u00a0maximum playing time is 10 seconds<\/strong>.\u00a0Otherwise, you have a limit of 5 seconds.<\/p>\n

Unlike Gifsoup, MakeaGIF displayed\u00a0no watermark<\/strong> and creates\u00a0longer animated GIFs,<\/strong> although the web app works much slower.<\/p>\n

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IMGflip<\/h3>\n

A more comfortable online converter for YouTube videos is\u00a0IMGflip<\/a>. Like MakeaGIF, this service offers free access, as well as premium access for an additional charge.\u00a0The free version will generate\u00a010 second GIFs with dimensions of\u00a0260 or 360 pixels with watermark<\/strong>, with the option of making 100×100 square images as well.<\/p>\n

Especially practical about IMGflip is that before making your GIF, you can set the expected frame rate and file size You also have the option of adding small text messages at any point in the animated GIF.\u00a0The\u00a0paid version (IMGflip Pro<\/a>) creates clips of\u00a0any resolution and up to\u00a040 seconds long, without watermark.
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While there may be a ton of GIF websites out there, sometimes it’s still impossible to find what you’re looking for, and with these three services, you can create GIFs that perfectly express your emotion.<\/p>\n

If you still can’t get enough of GIFs, make sure to check out our article on How to make animated GIFs on Mac and PC<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The popularity of animated GIFs still hasn’t let up, and one of the easiest ways to create your own animated GIF is by using YouTube videos and free online GIF converters. When it comes to creating GIFs from your own video clips, Softonic Editor Jan-Hendrik already took us through the process of creating your own … Continue reading “Create animated GIFs from YouTube videos”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2046,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2355],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-68815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionyoutube"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2046"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330554,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68815\/revisions\/330554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68815"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=68815"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=68815"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=68815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}