How to create animated GIFs for Facebook

I think you will all know by now that Facebook allows you to share animated photos, or GIF (from the name of their electronic format) on the social network. This possibility was introduced in 2015, immediately reaching a great success, due to the possibilities (playful and not) offered by a simple animation. These are in fact a series of photos that follow one another in sequence, making the visual experience obviously more dynamic than a single image, but less heavy and more immediate (albeit less complex) than a classic video.

Unfortunately, Facebook has not yet thought of introducing an automatic method for creating animations directly from the site but there are many really interesting alternatives. They are totally online services free that allow you quickly and with a few clicks to build your animation starting from a series of images that you want to play in sequence or from a video.

Below is the list of the best sites to create animated GIFs for Facebook

Best sites to create animations for Facebook

Make A Gif

The title seems quite explanatory and it could not be otherwise. MakeaGif is an excellent service that allows you to create your own GIF animations starting from photo e video, the latter can also be videos on YouTube and therefore you can also use a famous video to create your animations while having fun without any difficulty.

The steps to follow to create your animations are very simple and well numbered and listed, just follow the instructions step by step and get to the end with the result you want. You can also install the extension Chrome of the site to quickly integrate it on your browser.

Glickr

On the name the creators of Glickr they indulged a little more, even if it is an attempt to follow the name of the other very famous online photo service (Flickr). Glickr is still one of the best in its category due to itseffectiveness, as for the speed. Just enter the website and choose which source to start to produce your animation.

You can't upload your own videos as a source but you can use YouTube and take advantage of direct integration with Picasa and Flickr. There would also be a gallery of animations already available for you but unfortunately at the time of writing this service is offline due to a recent crash of their servers.

FreeGifMaker

We conclude this short list (deliberately short to avoid mentioning sites that are only copies in functionality of those presented) with Free Gif Maker, a site that combines the possibilities offered by the previous ones with the possibility of creating animations with funny effects starting from one of the animated effects in their catalog. In this way, even a single photo will be enough for you to have an excellent result.

Obviously there is the possibility of starting from a video on YouTube to create your GIF for Facebook. The creators of the site also ask you to return to their site periodically, given the intention to always add new effects to their catalog.

How to create animated GIFs for Facebook