There are some tried and tested ways to spot a pedant. You can try using ‘less’ when you should use ‘fewer’. You can try saying ‘PIN number’ instead of ‘PIN’. Or you can pronounce the word ‘GIF’ with a hard G. All good pedants will inform you that it should be pronounced with a soft G, like ‘Jif’, but those people would be instantly banished from polite society if there were gust any gustice in this world.
Regardless of how you pronounce it,using a GIFis one of the best ways to get across your point of view with a minimal amount of effort. With a text message, it’s very hard to show just how strong your aversion to something is, but the ‘Michael Scott No God, Please No’ GIF gets your point across perfectly.
Sometimes, however, the perfect GIF for your circumstance just doesn’t exist. If this is the case, you’ll need to make your own. If you’rean Apple user, there are several ways you’re able to knock up a GIF on your iPhone with just a few taps. Here’s how to make GIFs on iPhone.
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How to make GIFs on iPhone using Shortcuts
One of the easiest ways to make GIFs on your iPhone is to use theShortcuts app. That’s because some lovely people have already made shortcuts that you can use to create GIFs with very little effort, and you can install those useful shortcuts from the Shortcuts gallery. Once installed, you can even start making a GIF just by asking Siri. There are a couple of different shortcuts you can use, depending on whether you want to create a GIF from a video, or create one by taking a series of photos with your iPhone.
Make GIFs from videos using Shortcuts
If you’ve filmed something on your iPhone that you think would make the perfect GIF, then a simple shortcut can help you create your GIF in just a few taps.
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Make GIFs from photos using Shortcuts
If you don’t have a suitable video to turn into the GIF you want to make, you can create a simple animated GIF by taking four individual photos which will then play in succession as your GIF. There’s a shortcut you can use to automate this process.
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If you’ve ever sent a GIF, then you may have used a GIF from Giphy. This is one of the most popular resources for finding GIFs, but theGiphy appalso allows you to create your own GIFs, and even upload to the Giphy site. If you’re looking to add additional features to your GIFs, such as text or stickers, then this is a great option.
