How to edit GIFs

GIFs are made by a lot of people today and they are uploaded to a shared hosting platform for all to use. However, editing Gif is difficult because it is an animation format and requires specialized tools to handle it.

1. Edit GIF images in Photoshop

Photoshop is a variety of Bitmap image editing software and Gif files that work stably in Photoshop.

Step 1: First, right-click the Gif file and choose Open With -> Adobe Photoshop to open it.

Step 2: At the main interface of Photoshop, choose Windows -> Timeline to see each Frames (frames) of the Gif file.

Step 3: Then you select the frame you want to edit under the Timeline bar and select the necessary tools for editing available in Photoshop (similar to editing images).

In this case, the Software Wizard will draw a few small shapes, so choose the Brush tool (brush).

Step 4: When editing is complete, choose File -> Export and choose Save for Web (Legacy)… to export.

Step 5: Window Save for Web appears, you keep the parameters and click Save to finish.

2. Edit GIF image with MiniTool MovieMaker

MiniTool MovieMaker is a completely free software and powerful support in editing GIF images.

Download MiniTool MovieMaker here

Step 1: First you need to open the MiniTool MovieMaker software and select Import Media Files to add Gif files into the system.

Step 2: Then you drag the Gif file from the data warehouse to the Timeline bar to start working.

Step 3: During the work, you can fast forward to the position (Frames - frames) you want to edit to add text.

Step 4: Next you choose the Text tool and choose the text effect you want to use.

Step 5: You proceed to enter the text and change the font format (color, size, font .) to use.

Step 6: Once done, choose Export to export the Gif file.

Step 7: Then just choose Export and you 're done.

3. Edit GIFs Online

Gif image is a format with many unique characteristics, so it seems that we can not interfere with the content, what we can interfere with Gif images is only insert text. Currently there are many platforms that support Gif editing, but Filmora tools are always appreciated.

Step 1: You proceed to use Filmora's homepage here to use.

Step 2: At the main interface of Filmora, drag the GIF file you need to edit into the system.

Step 3: The first piece of content we need to edit is the size, you in turn click on the corners of the frame to adjust the content to display.

After you adjust the size, Crop the Gif image, click OK to continue.

Step 4: When you have finished cutting the Gif image, the main interface of Filmora software will appear. You in turn click on the dialog box to write the text content you want to display on the Gif image.

To change the position of the text, you click on the text in the Gif image and drag them to move to where you want.

Step 4: If you want to create more text box boxes, click Add Text Box .

Step 5: After completing the text, you proceed to change the format for the text. On Filmora you can change the formats as follows:

1. Font
2. Change the color of the text
3. Align left / right / center for text
4. Text size / Bold text

Step 6: However, when you change the color of the text, you have to click Confirm to change the color.

Step 7: After completing the editing, you click Create to proceed to export Gif images after editing.

Step 8: The processing will take 1-3 minutes, depending on the size of your gif files.

Step 9: After the software is finished, you click Download to proceed to download the edited Gif on your computer.

Good luck !

Samuel Daniel

Update 22 August 2020