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# YouTube Launches GIF Creator
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/youtube-launches-gif-creator/
- Published: 2014-12-15T11:03:06.000Z
- Updated: 2014-12-15T11:03:06.000Z
- Description: Have you ever found yourself mindlessly flipping through a Buzzfeed article chock-full of photos and GIF files wondering how on earth such perfect specimens of hilarity are generated from your. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/12/youtube-launches-gif-creator.html]
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Social Media, YouTube & Video, Amazon.com, Chief technology officer, Facebook, Google, Graphics Interchange Format, Instagram, PBS, Reddit, Twitter, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

[![YouTube_logo_2013.svg](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb07c4850e970d-150wi "YouTube_logo_2013.svg")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb07c4850e970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Have you ever found yourself mindlessly flipping through a [Buzzfeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/?ref=hypebot.com "BuzzFeed") article chock-full of photos and GIF files wondering how on earth such perfect specimens of hilarity are generated from your favorite videos? Thanks to **[YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/?ref=hypebot.com "YouTube")'s new GIF creator**, you can finally be the genius in the drivers seat. Using the new feature, you can grab clips of a video you're watching and turn it into a silent mini clip that plays on a loop. AKA – a GIF ([Graphics Interchange Format](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics%5FInterchange%5FFormat?ref=hypebot.com "Graphics Interchange Format")). 

Using the GIF tool is easy. **Simply sign into YouTube, find the video, hit the share button and select the GIF option.** From there, sliders are available to help you select the preferred part of the video for your GIF masterpiece – text can be added above and below at this stage as well. Final results can be emailed, embedded, or shared on various social networks such as [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/), [Twitter](http://twitter.com/?ref=hypebot.com), [Reddit](http://reddit.com/?ref=hypebot.com), etc.

Test the feature for yourself with the video embedded below. Happy GIF making!

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