Want to turn something on YouTube into a GIF, but don’t want to spend time downloading third-party apps or digging around for an online converter?
Here’s a an easy-to-use trick: just add “GIF” to the beginning of the URL. After “www.” and before “youtube.com”
Like so:
So, for example, you’d turn:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
into:
www.gifyoutube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
and hit enter.
This isn’t an official YouTube service so there may be some issues down the line but it’s a great, fun tool.
This is a side project by the team behind the super GIF-centric messaging app Glyphic.
One catch: in the current build, you can set the start time and GIF duration, but you can’t get super precise about it. If you want frame-by-frame control for that sweet, sweet perfectly timed loopage, you’ll probably want something like GIFGrabber or GIFBrewery
via HackerNews
