Here’s a little-known Internet secret: GIF files -- the preferred medium for sharing pithy animation loops across the web -- were never invented with this purpose in mind. Instead, the file format was ...

There's a new kid on the GIF-creation scene, and it's a good kid. This week, Imgur launched a new "Video to GIF" feature that lets you enter a URL, adjust the parameters of a clip, and get a ...

Image-hosting platform Imgur is introducing a new tool today, one that makes it easier to create animated GIFs from almost any online video. Founded in 2009, Imgur has amassed a solid fanbase over the ...

The GIF is one of the internet’s native art forms and few websites have as big a repertory of the medium as Imgur. Still, finding the right GIF can be hard, and making your own is even harder, so the ...

Creating a GIF might seem like witchcraft to the uninitiated, but it's really not that difficult. Apps like GIFBrewery for OS X make quick work of taking your videos from full-length to looping clips ...

There are plenty of tools and apps out there for creating your own GIFs, but few are as straightforward to use as Imgur’s new offering. Even better, it uses the better-quality, more lightweight format ...

GIFs are positively everywhere, and have been for a while — there’s no stopping them. But the massive photo sharing service Imgur thinks they can be improved upon and brought forward into the modern ...

Image hosting site Imgur has decided the old GIF format for animated images just isn't cutting it anymore. In a site-wide update, Imgur is now converting animated GIF uploads into what it calls GIFV.