15 ways to animate your content with gifs
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Why GIF?
Creation• Quick to capture
• No audio hassle
• No aspect ratio concerns
Distribution
• Goes where images go
• No hosting hassle
• Relatively lightweight
• Device agnostic
Consumption
• Low friction (0 clicks)
• No speakers needed
• Motion attracts attention
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Email client support for animated GIF
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Creation Tools
GIF-specific
• Recordit (Win and OS X)
• Licecap (Win and OS X)
• Giphy (iOS, OS X, web)
• GIF Brewery (OS X)
• Cinemagraph Pro (iOS, OS X)
• ImgFlip (web)
• GifMaker (web)
• GIF Studio (Android)
Multi-purpose• Snagit 13/4 (Win and OS X)
• Camtasia (Win and OS X)
• Photoshop (Win and OS X)
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Uses Recap
1. Steps
2. Series of Steps
3. Interactive Elements
4. Cause and Effect
5. Compare Techniques
6. Compare Similar Things
7. Before and After
8. On-Boarding/Walkthrough
9. Mini-demos
10. Teaser
11. Concept Illustration
12. Prototyping
13. Bug Report / Helpdesk Ticket
14. Quick Tip or Answer
15. Reaction
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Tips Recap
• Ideal for 1-4 steps (video for > 4)
• Overcome friction
• Dimensions: balance clarity, file size, platform constrains
• Cropping > scaling
• Short duration (<10 sec)
• Stately pace
• Pause or fade at loop
• Platform gotchas: email, PPT, Keynote
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Questions and Discussion
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• Anyone using GIF?
• What did I miss?
• Did you fill out the presentation feedback survey on Sched?
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Get in touch!
Daniel Foster@fosteronomo
linkedin.com/in/danielfoster