

Once the video pops up in a new window, you’re golden.įind the spot where you want to gif in the video and watch that part of the clip a few times to get an idea of exactly how much you want. You can either drag the video file from your finder, or click Open media… and find it there. Now we can insert the video you want into the Drop media here part of the window. You also want to change the Format to png instead of tiff or jpg. Remember that folder you made? Find it after clicking Browse. At the bottom of the window is a section for Video snapshots. Remember to click the Save button below Change.Īnother important thing to do is click the Video tab in Preferences. I’ve changed from the complicated bunch of symbols to N. Highlight the row and click the blue Change button. Right now, it’s named something complicated. The most important hotkey you’re going to need is called Take video snapshot. A default that I find really useful is Spacebar to play/pause. Keep an eye on a couple of these hotkeys in particular. In the topbar of your computer screen go to VLC then Preferences. Remember where this folder is located.īefore we put in the video, let’s change your preferences so taking screenshots will go smoothly. Wherever you want to save your files, make a new empty folder and name it something recognizable. Black & white videos look the best because each frame will be smaller.
Clearly, they’re not the most glamorous looking gifs, but they work.
