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Sometimes, whether you’re chatting with friends or posting on social media, words just aren’t enough — you need a GIF to fully convey your feelings. If there’s a moment from a YouTube video that you want to snip into a GIF, the good news is that you don’t need complex software to so it. There are now a bunch of ways to make a GIF from a YouTube video right in your browser. If you want to use desktop software like Photoshop to make a GIF, then you’ll need to download the YouTube video first before you can…

Meta-owned WhatsApp is getting a new, redesigned sticker and GIF picker. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, the feature enhances the user experience by allowing them to explore an improved keyboard on WhatsApp. With the extended picker view, users can experiment with an enhanced…

Snap-owned GIF-hosting platform, Gfycat, founded in 2013 and acquired by Snap in 2020, was once a popular site with integrations across various platforms, has announced its impending shutdown on September 1, leading to the removal of its entire archive of GIFs from the platform. Users have been given a two-month window to save their content before it is permanently removed. The future of Gfycat's content remains uncertain, as it is unclear whether Snap plans to integrate it into Snapchat or delete it altogether.A message…

We have seen AI text generators, we have seen AI image generators and we have even seen AI music generators, but now, it is the time for the AI GIF generator. Earlier this year, Picsart, the online image editing platform, launched a new AI tool called AI GIF generator that allows users to create their desired GIFs with a simple text prompt. For the unaware, a GIF or Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that reduces the size of images and short animations while retaining the quality. It is a popular means…

Remember the early days of the AI hype train, when everyone spent their time making stupid images using text prompts? If you want to recapture the nostalgic haze of, uh, late 2022, Picsart has got you covered. The popular image editor just launched an AI-powered animated GIF generator. The major difference between earlier text-to-image platforms like DALL-E and Picsart’s new tool is animation. DALL-E is best known for making static images, whereas Picsart’s software creates animated GIFs, just like the ones you’ve been…

Image Source : FILE WhatsApp developing a new keyboard for Android with an emoji category bar WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, is said to be developing a redesigned keyboard for Android. The new keyboard is reported to include an emoji category bar, which will be positioned at the top. As a result, the tabs that currently facilitate quick access to other keyboard…

Instagram has announced that it is rolling out the ability to comment on posts or Reels using GIFs to users globally. The Meta-owned photo and video sharing platform allows users to comment on the posts with text and emoji. The GIF responses feature was previously rolled out to select users in some regions, allowing them to use animated images to express themselves in a post's comment section. While the feature is now available to users globally, it will gradually roll out to users in India, according to the company.The…

Commenting on a post via GIFs is a new way to engage and interact with the posts on the Meta-owned platform. Previously, users could only type out comments on Instagram or throw in an emoji or a photo. But now users will be able to spice things up in the comment section with GIFs to make things a bit more lively. This new feature was announced by Adam Mosseri as the feature hits the public. Instagram’s users will find it interesting that this release isn’t for beta testing, but is a stable release. The team behind this…

Happy Mother's Day 2023: A mother plays a very vital role in every person's life. Notably, Mother's Day is celebrated annually on the second Sunday of May, which this year falls on May 14. It is celebrated to honour the maternal figures in our life - mothers, aunts, grandmothers or any other person who fulfils the role. You can make this Mother's Day special for your mom or any other person by making them know how important they are in your life. You can not, only prepare special gifts for them, but also send hearthful…

WhatsApp is finally adding support to play GIFs automatically. Popular WhatsApp tracker website WABetainfo has spotted GIF auto-play in the chat app’s latest beta build, giving testers early access to said functionality. The feature comes highly recommended if you share a lot of memes on WhatsApp. While WhatsApp has allowed sharing of GIFs on the platform for a while, it can’t play them automatically for some reason. This means you need to tap on a GIF to play it which could be a bit annoying if you share a lot of…