How to Make an Animated GIF of Your Screen?

Screen recording GIFs on Windows or Mac is a straightforward process as long as you use the right tools. Whether you want to create GIFs from a video, a movie or a sequence of images, you’ll find a solution in this guide.

How to Screen Record a GIF on Windows?

WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro includes tools that let you record your screen or then turn them into GIFs with ease. You can capture everything on your screen including movies, interviews, video chatting, gameplay highlights, and more, and then create GIFs.

Follow the simple steps below to make animate GIFs of your Windows screen with WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro now：

Download, install, and launch the software and enter the Recorder module.

Select a recording mode and specify the area you want to record.

Set the recording settings (incl. format, quality, frame rate, and output folder). There is no need to enable the audio source since a GIF file is soundless,

When all settings are ready, click REC to start recording. Once you get the wanted screen recording, press the hotkey “Ctrl + F1” to stop it.

Then return to the startup interface of the software and go to GIF Maker > Convert Video to GIF.

Click Add Video to import the recordings you just captured.

Here, you can trim, and adjust the resolution, frame rate, output quality, and the time lay for each frame.

Finally, click Create GIF to convert the screen recording to GIF.

How to Screen Record a GIF on a Mac?

For Mac users, we highly recommend GIPHY Capture. This is a popular app that helps easily create GIFs with just a few clicks. With it, you can capture the last 30 seconds of a live video. There is a simple editor, enabling you to adjust the frame rate or add animated captions.

See how to use this simple GIF recorder on Mac.

Step 1. Find GIPHY on the Mac App Store and then Download and install it.

Step 2. Play the video you want to create an animated GIF out of.

Step 3. Start the app and adjust GIPHY Capture’s size frame to adjust the area you want to record.

Step 4. You can also decide to whether or not record the screen with the cursor movement. Then click the red circle to start recording.

Step 5. To finish it, click the icon again.

Step 6. Once the recording is done, you can edit the length, and adjust the Loop Type, Pixel Size, and Frame Rate.

Step 7. Click SAVE AS and set the output Format as GIF. Finally, click Save to export it.

Apart from the above 2 GIF recorders, you can try many screen recorders for GIF creation on Windows, Mac, online, or mobile phones. With these tools, you can turn what you are watching into funny GIFs and share them with your friends or a like-minded group.