How do developers produce iOS Simulator animated .gifs?

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mosca1337 · Nov 19, 2013 · Viewed 12.2k times · Source

I often see this a lot on GitHub. How can I reproduce this animated .gif effect?

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Answer

You can record your screen with QuickTime and then convert that MOV file into a GIF.

Open QuickTime and click on the "File" menu then "New Screen Recording".

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Drag your pointer to select the region of the screen you want to record, and then click the Start Recording button within the region.

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When you're finished, stop recording. To stop recording, click the stop button in the menu bar. Now, go back to "File" menu and click "Export".

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Save your screen recording as a movie.

Next, you can use Photoshop to open your screen recording and export it as a GIF.