How do you guys make animated gifs from short segments of youtube videos? Is there an easy web-based tool for this, or do you have to download the video and start editing in a video editor?

I think you have to download the video. Type youtube2avi in google to get the video, fast and easy. Then it's easy to find a free gif maker program as well, type gif editing, gif making etc. in Google.

I made these with Photoshop.

Yeah there's an option in Photoshop (been a while since I've done it, so this might be off slightly...) where you can import a video clip, make a "filmstrip" (a series of stills), edit it, and then export an animated .gif.

Photoshop is too much work for me (not to mention expense) for this purpose. Any specific free online apps that someone here uses that can copy a small segment of a youtube video into an animated gif? (Yes, I know I could search and try various online tools, but I figure someone here has already found a pretty good online app for this).

Quote: (01-10-2014 04:45 PM)assman Wrote:  

Photoshop is too much work for me

Your lack of commitment will show in the quality of your gifs. It's like game. Imagine a guy who wants to bang 8s, but doesn't want to approach, hit the gym, dress up, or get blown out sometimes.

Quote: (01-10-2014 05:12 PM)Tuthmosis Wrote:  

Quote: (01-10-2014 04:45 PM)assman Wrote:  

Photoshop is too much work for me

Your lack of commitment will show in the quality of your gifs. It's like game. Imagine a guy who wants to bang 8s, but doesn't want to approach, hit the gym, dress up, or get blown out sometimes.

Good point. That animated gif sucks donkey balls.

Quote: (01-10-2014 04:45 PM)assman Wrote:  

Photoshop is too much work for me (not to mention expense) for this purpose. Any specific free online apps that someone here uses that can copy a small segment of a youtube video into an animated gif? (Yes, I know I could search and try various online tools, but I figure someone here has already found a pretty good online app for this).

http://makeagif.com/youtube-to-gif

This is decent for turning a youtube video into a gif. For example, here's a gif that I made on that site:



Alright quality, and the site is easy to use.