The ability to convert YouTube video to GIF animation is being tested on some channels

It turned out that YouTube started testing and testing tools to create GIF cartoons from YouTube videos on some channels.

YouTube Gets A Built-In GIF Creator | TechCrunch
http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/11/youtube-gif-maker/

A movie of a channel which can actually create GIF animation is here. By following the items on the page as below you could easily create GIF animation.

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Click "Share" in the menu at the bottom of the movie.


The share menu is displayed. Since "GIF" which was not found in the past is displayed, click.


Click "GIF" to display the edit menu at the bottom. Move the two blue sliders at the top, or select the range to convert with "start time" and "end time" in the lower right corner. Also, it is also possible to embed text at the top and bottom in the converted GIF animation.


Enter time and text as below and click "Create GIF" ... ...


After a few seconds the conversion was completed, a link to GIF animation, a tag for HTML embedding, and a share button to various SNSs were displayed. GIF animation files are delivered from YouTube's server, so it seems that your GIF animation will not put your transfer volume on. Especially it seems to be a big advantage for the person who operates the site.


I tried to embed a GIF that I tried to actually create. The set text is displayed at the top and bottom. In the case of Japanese, Mincho type fancy fonts are applied, but since this is a specification at the current stage, it may be changed in the future.


I entered the text for a long time and it was broken and displayed in two lines. From the viewpoint of the display of the last phrase, it seemed that Chinese fonts are currently used at this stage. It seems that usability will improve if you can select Gothic type or Japanese only font.


This tool was released in November 2014YouTube Creator PreviewA state of one of the functions that was announced at. If you really want to use this feature on your own channel, you can sign up from the following page so that notifications will be sent when it becomes available.

GIF Beta sign up


So far as a tool to convert movies on YouTube into GIF animations,GIF YouTubeAlthough services such as "YouTube has appeared, it seems that YouTube is preparing for similar service provision at last. I do not know when the official debut will be, but I'd like to expect early time.