15 ways to animate your content with gifs

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15 Ways to Animate Your Content with

Daniel Foster

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#GIF4docs @fosteronomo

#GIF4docs @fosteronomo

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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Use #1: Steps

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Use #2: Series of Steps

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Use #3: Interactive Elements

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Use #4: Cause and Effect

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Use #5: Compare Techniques

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Use #6: Compare Similar Things

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Use #7: Before and After

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Use #8: On-boarding / Walkthrough

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Use #9: Mini-Demos

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Use #10: Teaser

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Use #11: Concept Illustration

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Use #12: Prototyping

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Use #13: Bug Report / Helpdesk Ticket

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Use #14: Quick Tip or Answer

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Use #15: Reaction

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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

[email protected]

linkedin.com/in/danielfoster