How Your Browser Makes a GIF Without Uploading Anything (Plus How to Check)
If nothing gets uploaded, how does a GIF come out? I wrote down what this site's code actually does, step by step, along with how to check for your...
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Notes on getting good GIFs, how this converter works under the hood, and what I ran into while building it.
GIF or Video? How I Decide
When you need to show something moving, should it be a GIF or an MP4? Here's how I pick, based on file size, compatibility, and autoplay.
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GIF Settings Explained: Frame Interval, FPS, Width, and Quality
What the four values in Advanced Settings actually change, compared across 8 GIFs made from the same video. I merged my scattered posts about setti...
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Why Does This Site Cap GIFs at 900px Wide?
Why the output width stops at 900px. Once you do the math on GIF file size, browser memory, and how big GIFs actually show up on screen, the answer...
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Why I Built My Own GIF Converter
"I could make a better one." How the hassles I ran into every time I turned a video into a GIF led me to build a converter that runs in the browser.
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3. gifski: Getting Past GIF's 256-Color Limit
A look at how gifski gets past the 256-color limit with per-frame palette optimization and temporal dithering, how it differs from FFmpeg, and a br...
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2. How to Turn Videos into High-Quality GIFs with FFmpeg
Part 2 of my quest for the ultimate GIF. Four ways to convert MP4 to GIF with FFmpeg, plus palette optimization, with the actual commands I ran.
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1. The Limits of GIF and My Search for a Better Converter
Why do so many GIF converters give you dull colors? The start of a short journey into the built-in limits of the GIF format and the search for a be...
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