Make A Gif From Video Using VLC & PhotoScape

I am quite free today, so I decided to learn how to make a Gif from video. I have installed Photoscape in my computer already, however Photoscape can only make Gifs from pictures. So, I googled around, netizens provide a lot of ideas and tips. There are many online editors that are able to convert video file to Gif file directly, however I am afraid that those free editors are malware. Finally, I found out that VLC player can convert video file to multiple screenshots. I didn't have VLC player, so I downloaded and installed it in my computer. 

*I have confidence on VLC player because many people I know are using it.

my first Gif on wind up tin robot!

There are 2 options to screenshot in VLC

1. one screenshot at a time
2. multiple screenshots as the video file is running

One screenshot at a time

Click on the "Video" on the tool bar and then click "Take Snapshot".

one screenshot at a time

Multiple screen shot as the video file is running

Have to change the setting first

• Click "tools" on the tool bar
• Click "Preferences"
• Choose "video" and change the "show settings" to "all"
• Click "filters" under "video" 
• Click "scene video filter" and save
• Open the video file using VLC player (the screenshot will show up in the folder as the video is running.

change the settings in VLC player to get multiple screenshots

I chose option 2. It is quite easy and I got my pictures. Then, I used PhotoScape to make Gif from the pictures. I dragged the pictures into the Gif maker and saved the file. Done! My first Gif!

Make Gif using PhotoScape

*In the online tutorials for the VLC, some mentioned to set a folder for the screenshots to be stored in the settings, I didn't do that and it shows up in the same folder where I kept the original video file. So, if you cannnot find the pictures, you should set the folder first in the settings.

*After get the pictures, please don't forget to "reset preferences" to the original settings. Or else, everytime you open a video using VLC player, it will save all the multiple screenshots and your harddisk space will be full of screenshots!