( 🔎 ) How to make a gif on your school device for forums

If any difficulties or misunderstandings arise, please let me [1] know.


Windows

Creating An Animated GIF From A Slideshow

Customize your presentation with any illustrations, animations, and transitions.

Select File > Export > Create Animated GIF.

The default quality is Medium. Use the drop-down list to change it to a higher or lower setting if you prefer.

Select the minimum number of seconds spent on each slide. The time spent can be longer, but not shorter, than this minimum. For more information, see the “Slide Timing” section below.

Select “Create GIF.”

PowerPoint begins saving the presentation as a GIF and notifies you when it’s finished. Processing time varies depending on the file size and quality setting. The final result will be a continuously looping .gif file.

MacBook

These are screenshots and record video guides for most major operating systems.

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To take a screenshot on a MacBook, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts

  • To take a screenshot of the entire screen, press Shift + Command + 3.
  • To screenshot a particular portion of your Mac screen, press Shift + Command + 4.
  • To capture an application window, press Shift + Command + 4, then press the Space bar. The pointer will change to a camera icon, and you can click on the window you want to capture.

To record a video on your Mac, you can use the following methods:
QuickTime Player: Open QuickTime Player, go to “File” > “New Movie Recording”, and click the red record button to start recording.
Photo Booth: Open Photo Booth, click the “Record” button to switch to recording mode, and then click the red “Camera” button to start recording.
Third-party apps: Use apps like OBS Studio, Camtasia, or ScreenFlow for advanced recording features.

iPad
  • All Sourced from Bing. This is how you screenshot. You can use save as for GIFS.
    These are screenshots and record video guides for most major operating systems.

To take a screenshot on an iPad, you can use the following methods:

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  1. Press the Power button and Volume button (or Home button) at the same time.
  2. Release both buttons quickly.
  3. A thumbnail of the screenshot will appear temporarily on your screen. Tap the thumbnail to open it or swipe left to dismiss it.

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To record video on your iPad, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Camera app.
  2. Switch to video mode.
  3. Press the record button to start recording.
  4. Tap the stop button to end the video.
  5. The recorded video will be saved to your device’s Photo Library.

NOTE: For screen capture:

You can record your iPad screen by opening the Control Center and tapping the Screen Recording shortcut.

Chromebook
Step 1

First, go to this window:

Step 2

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Click on the “Screen Capture” button

Step 3

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Then, click on the camera to record the screen

Step 4

The next step will be to create a screen that you must select, take the bear button, and swipe it across the screen. After this, you will have the window that you selected. in the middle there will be “record” and a little to the left there will be a stick “🢓” you need to click on it and you will have a gif button, after which you click “record Gif” and that’s it. record a video, and finish it. and that it sends your robot mechanisms, robots, ideas, and so on to the form.


Result

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It is important to mention that gifs on forums can be up to 4 MB, which means that if it shows you that you can’t make a gif bigger because it is bigger than 4 MB, then you should make a shorter video, or a smaller screen, this can help you get rid of a few MB

If you can’t do something, ask me [2], I can also help.

Credits:

@monoreuk
@twofoursixeight


If you have difficulty understanding this or you can’t do it otherwise, use this site:
Video to animated GIF converter

In the case of iPads and MacBooks, everything is more complicated, and there is no function to record GIFs, so you will have to visit the website.

A Quicker Summary of the Guide:

  1. Screenshot methods reply or search if your device is not shown
  2. Use an MP4 to GIF converter e.g. Video to animated GIF converter
  3. Copy the file / upload to the forum
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( 🔎 ) How to make a gif on your school device for forums - #61 by Monoreuk

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  1. Monoreuk ↩︎

  2. Monoreuk ↩︎

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awesome guide, its really cool

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Nice!
For computers that have PowerPoint you can record a video directly in PowerPoint and download it to put in a guide.

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permission was given to post this, as long as macbook and ipad/other methods are added too

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I made the same topic before, it was hot there. In the end the topic was closed, I wrote to blackhole, and he gave me the right to post this topic
if you need proof, tell me and I will make screenshots of the correspondence

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oh sorry I didn’t know that.(o__o’).

All Sourced from Bing. This is how you screenshot. You can use save as for GIFS.
These are screenshot and record video guides for most major operating systems.

image

To take a screenshot on a MacBook, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts

  • To take a screenshot of the entire screen, press Shift + Command + 3.
  • To take a screenshot of a particular portion of your Mac screen, press Shift + Command + 4.
  • To capture an application window, press Shift + Command + 4, then press the Space bar. The pointer will change to a camera icon, and you can click on the window you want to capture.

To take a screenshot on an iPad, you can use the following methods

  1. Press the Power button and Volume button (or Home button) at the same time.
  2. Release both buttons quickly.
  3. A thumbnail of the screenshot will appear temporarily on your screen. Tap the thumbnail to open it or swipe left to dismiss it.

To record a video on your Mac, you can use the following methods:
QuickTime Player: Open QuickTime Player, go to “File” > “New Movie Recording”, and click the red record button to start recording.
Photo Booth: Open Photo Booth, click the “Record” button to switch to recording mode, and then click the red “Camera” button to start recording.
Third-party apps: Use apps like OBS Studio, Camtasia, or ScreenFlow for advanced recording features.

To record video on your iPad, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Camera app.
  2. Switch to video mode.
  3. Press the record button to start recording.
  4. Tap the stop button to end the video.
  5. The recorded video will be saved to your device’s Photo Library.

NOTE: For screen capture:

You can record your iPad screen by opening the Control Center and tapping the Screen Recording shortcut.

To take a screenshot on Windows, you can use the following methods:
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  1. Press ALT+Print Screen to capture the active window.
  2. Press Print Screen (PrtSc) to capture the whole screen.
  3. Use the Snipping Tool, Snip & Sketch (Windows + Shift + S), or Game Bar (Windows + G) for more options.
  4. Screenshots are stored in the Pictures > Screenshots folder by default.
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To record video on Windows, you can use the following methods:
Use the Windows Camera app with your webcam to record video straight to your PC.
Record gameplay on your PC using the Windows Game Bar. Access it while gaming by pressing the Windows key + G and selecting “Record.”
Record your PC’s screen using an online screen capture tool.
Open Snipping Tool, click the Record button in the top toolbar, then press New. Click to drag and drop a rectangle indicating the portion of the screen you would like to record. Press Start and you will see a 3-second countdown begin for your recording. After you finish, press Stop.
Open an app and then press the Windows + G keys on your keyboard. Then click the Record button in the Capture window to start recording. Finally, click the Stop button to end the recording and the Windows + G keys to view your video.

To take a screenshot in Linux, you can use the following methods

  1. Press the Print Screen (PrtSc) key to capture the entire screen.
  2. Use shortcut keys like Alt+PrtSc or Shift+PrtSc for specific areas.
  3. Install third-party tools like Flameshot or Kazam for more options.
  4. In GNOME, hit PrtSc to display a screenshot dialog, or use GIMP for additional features.

To record video on Linux, you can use the following methods:
Press “Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R” in Ubuntu to bring up the screen-recording pop-up window. Choose whether to record the full screen, a particular window, or a partial area.
Press “PrntScr” and switch to the Screencast tool, or use the “Ctrl + Shift + Alt + R” shortcut. You can record the selected area or the entire screen, and choose to include the pointer or not.
Press the Print key or use the screenshot button in the system menu, then switch to screencast mode. You can choose to include the pointer and select either a specific area or the entire screen.

Android:
Take a screenshot

  1. Open the screen that you want to capture.
  2. Depending on your phone: Press the Power and Volume down buttons at the same time. If that doesn’t work, press and hold the Power button for a few seconds. Then tap Screenshot. …
  3. At the bottom left, you’ll find a preview of your screenshot. On some phones, at the top of the screen, you’ll find Screenshot capture .

To record a video on Android, follow these steps:
Swipe down from the top of your screen with two fingers to expand the Quick Settings panel.
Tap Screen recorder.
Choose whether to record with sound and use gesture indicators.
Then tap Start or Start recording. Alternatively, you can download a third-party screen recorder app from the Google Play Store.

This covers the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS
  • iPad / iPhone
  • Android
  • Windows
  • Linux (most distros)

This can apply to any device maybe

But it’s best you use a site like Video to animated GIF converter (ezgif.com) to do the work for you.

All information from Bing.
All Pictures from various sites.

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wow dat’s alot of word.(o—o)

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Adding pictures to this

but anyway great guide reply. Thing. =|

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Just finished the pictures.

Also Step 1 and 2 can be skipped on chromebooks by pressing Shift + Ctrl + Show windows . If your external keyboard doesn’t have a Show windows key, press Ctrl + Shift + F5.

ya great!!! But I’m on computer so I didn’t need the extras.

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thx me love keyboard shortcuts!!!

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Yo just saying, If you are going to make a long reply like this can you use the hide details feature like this

Hide details
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not bad, but a lot of useless information in my opinion, I will of course add you even to credits, thanks for the help, but let’s say regular videos can’t be sent to the form, only gifs

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After making the regular video, a gif converter like the one above can be used to convert a gif for the forum.

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For this reason, with the consent of @Monoreuk, I feel like this should be a wiki, for longevity and community editing (with permission, that is)

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disagree

no need for a wiki, this is just a basic guide to make gifs. It’s really not that difficult to do this. All you need to do is research how, then publish your information and steps on how onto the forums.

Plus monoreuk said he is adding the other devices, so there’s no need for a wiki in my opinion.

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Well then I guess we could agree to disagree, for each has both pr0s and cons…

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I mean community wikis are usually big projects that are constantly changing. As far as I know screen videos haven’t changed in years

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