how can you record your screen in a gif?

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fenec picture fenec · Feb 5, 2015 · Viewed 18.1k times · Source

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This is the example i am talking about, how can you do this?

Answer

joelparkerhenderson picture joelparkerhenderson · Feb 5, 2015

It depends on your platform, and there are a bunch of ways to do it.

On Mac OSX, there is a built-in QuickTime screen recorder.

  1. Launch QuickTime Player
  2. File menu -> New Screen Recording
  3. Use the tool of your choice (such as ffmpeg) to convert the recording to a gif.

Here's an example of how to convert a recording .mov file to a gif:

ffmpeg -i in.mov -s 600x400 -pix_fmt rgb24 -r 10 -f gif - | gifsicle --optimize=3 --delay=3 > out.gif

See this link for more info and step by step: https://gist.github.com/dergachev/4627207

If you're on other platforms, or prefer to use a specific tool other than the built-in QuickTime, here are a few to consider:

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