We as human beings communicate in a very large number of ways from grunting incoherently to speaking to each other. Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) are also an effective form of communication for us Homo Sapiens. They can perfectly express or deliver an emotion that’s even more difficult to deliver via online medium, for example an online social chat app such as Facebook Messenger. In addition to this GIFs can come in the form of your favorite scenes from movies, television shows, videos and video games sometimes with a message or text embedded to give off the meaning, intention or joke.
In this article we will cover on how you can save your GIFs onto your Android smartphone. It is very easy just as sending them.
1. First you got to Find the particular GIF you’d like to save onto your android smartphone. You can utilize Giphy, Tumblr, and even Google to search for a reaction, specific emotion or a movie, show or video. If you’re utilizing Google Search, you can narrow down the images that appear in the search results by selecting ‘GIF’ just below the search bar.
2. Press and hold your finger on the GIF image until a window pops up prompting you for your choice/input from a small menu of options.
3. At this point you have two options: ‘Save Image’ or ‘Download.’ It does not matter what you choose, either will give you the same results and will download to your android phone.
You can now find the downloaded GIF in your Gallery. If it is not in your Gallery, you can try browsing for it in your Downloads. After you have found it, you’re free to upload it anywhere of your choice.
Utilizing the Giphy App:
1. Open the ‘Google Play Store’ app.
2. In the search field, type ‘Giphy.’ Select it.
3. Tap ‘Install.’ It will automatically begin downloading and installing the Giphy app.
4. Launch the ‘Giphy’ app.
5. Type anything in the search field that you’re looking for and The Giphy app will send you to a search result page where you’ll find results relating to your keywords.
6. Select the GIF of your choice by pressing and holding your finger on the image. A new window will pop up with another prompt.
7. Press ‘Save GIF.’ Note: Please remember to give Giphy app permission before you save. The Giphy app needs to be given permission to operate functionally. Afterwards your GIF will download automatically and save itself to your Android smartphone.
You can once again find the newly saved GIF in your Gallery app. If it isn’t in your Gallery, locate it in your Downloads. Again you are free to post it anywhere you want to.
Moving GIFs to your Phone from a PC:
If you’re interest is to downloads tons of GIFs, a much faster way would be to utilize a computer to compile a folder filled with GIFs and moving the images with a USB cable or other portable storage medium rather than slowly downloading each one on your android smartphone.
1. Create a new folder on your computer’s desktop so it would be easy to identify. Name it something easily recognizable such as ‘GIFS.’
Click Tools >Type > Animated
2. Open up your desired browser and utilize your preferred search engine to find GIFs you desire. If you are utilizing Google Search Engine, it has a handy feature of filtering images that are only GIFs. Click ‘Tools,’ and then click ‘Type.’ Lastly in the menu, click ‘Animated.’
3. Locate an image that you like and right-click to open a prompt menu. In the menu, left click ‘Save image as…’
4. Located on the left hand panel, find and click ‘Desktop.’ Find the folder for your GIFs.
5. Double-check ‘Save as type’ is set to ‘GIF Image’ and click ‘Save.’
6. Repeat until you have a desired amount of GIFS in your created folder of GIFs.
Transferring the GIFs to your Android Phone
1. Connect your Android phone into your PC with the use of a USB cable.
2. Open a folder, any folder will do. On the left hand panel, click ‘This PC.’ Your device will appear under ‘Devices and drives.’ Double-click your Android phone’s icon.
3. Browse into your Android folders. Locate and open the folder ‘Download.’
4. Open a second folder, the folder that contains all the GIFs you’d like to move to your android phone. Click and drag a GIF over to your Android smartphone’s ‘Download’ folder. Or, alternatively, you can highlight all of the GIFs and drag & drop them over all at once.
5. At this point you can close the folders and disconnect your Android smartphone. The GIF, or GIFs, will appear in your ‘Downloads’ or your ‘Gallery’.
How to Make a Gif with the Giphy App:
1. Start the ‘Giphy’ app.
2. Press the ‘+’ icon located at the bottom of the display. As said before the Giphy app will ask for permission if it hasn’t already. It needs permission in order to function correctly.
3. Press and hold your finger on the big circle located at the bottom of the display. This will start recording. You can locate a video to be used or you can create your own. Let go when you’re finished recording.
4. Tap the arrow at the bottom right corner. Press ‘Share GIF,’ (it won’t be shared just yet).
5. Lastly, press ‘Save GIF.’ You don’t have to share it if you don’t want to. Press the ‘X’ in the top left corner to cancel sharing.
Now check your Gallery to see if it is there. If it isn’t in your Gallery, you can browse and locate it in your Downloads
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