Guide: How to Share GIFs on Twitter and Facebook
When it comes to media sharing online, the only two things that come to mind are photos and videos. Although photos are evergreen, videos carry a lot more emotions because you can see all the moments. However, we are not always comfortable with videos and mainly because of the large file size and believe it or not, also because of the background noise that comes with these videos. Then there are GIF files that contain the best of both worlds. They are quite small in size so ideal for sharing online and at the same time they are movies and look more like a video with less detail. Like I said, it’s a series of images that move so fast they look like a movie and right now the internet is full of it. There are many websites that host public GIF images that you can use and share online. We’ve also shared quite a few ways on how to make GIF files from photos and videos and you can check out the previous articles for some brushing -up However, this article is for guide how to use these GIFs on social media like Facebook, Twitter or a personal blog. To get started, you either need to find a GIF to share on Giphy or Imgur, the largest online database of GIFs. Explore them before you start and if you’ve created a personal GIF that you want to share, I recommend uploading the GIF files to one of the two services mentioned to make it easy for you.
How to Share GIFs on Facebook
Now, to share a GIF on Facebook, it is extremely important to upload it online first and Imgur or Giphy are the two best sources for doing that. If you don’t have a personalized GIF, you can use the online library and select a GIF to share. In the article, I’ll take Giphy as an example, but the process would be the same for other image hosting services. Basically, for Facebook, we need the direct URL of the GIF image file with the extension .gif. To do this, open the advanced tab on Giphy and copy the URL to the GIF download option. To make sure this is the correct link for Facebook, make sure it ends in .gif. Now all you have to do is copy the link and paste it into the Facebook Status Update box. Facebook will automatically get the GIF file and when it’s done you can delete the link pasted in the box. In addition, you can write additional text and finally click publish buttonThat’s it, your GIF will be shared with friends.
How to Share GIF on Twitter
Now on to Twitter. Unlike Facebook, Twitter has an integrated button search and embed GIF directly with Giphy. If you’ve already searched for a GIF on Giphy, you can copy the link from the Twitter section and paste it into the search box. Finally, when your GIF is showing up, you can click on the Tweet button
Twitter offers the option to upload GIF files directly as an image, and if you have a personal GIF, you can upload it directly to Twitter instead of uploading it to Giphy first. But if you choose to use the GIF more than once on social media and blogs, it’s best to upload it on Giphy.
Share on blogs
If you have shared a YouTube video on your blog, you can relate it to GIF sharing as it is almost the same. You need to get hold of the iframe embed code and paste it into the blog in HTML format. The code can be found under the share option, and it is the first share option on both Imgur and Giphy. Make sure to paste the HTML code in HTML format and not in the correct text format.
Apart from that, if you have unlimited online web space, you can upload the Gif files directly to your server and then insert it just like other image files.
Conclusion
So that’s How to share GIFs to Facebook, Twitter and personal blog. Thanks to Google Plus, other social networking services saw potential in sharing GIF images and took the feature over time. Now I’m just looking forward to the feature to be included on WhatsApp and once it does I will make sure to update it on the post. ALSO SEE: How to Get Emoji and GIF suggestions on Android no matter which keyboard you useAND: How to Send iPhone 6s Live Photos as animated GIFs Featured GIF from GIPHY
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