THE GIF turned 30 today, so, let's wish the Graphical Interchange Format a very happy birthday. From its humble beginnings on black and white computers to its now ubiquitous usage in memes, we have ...

Animated GIFs and the Internet go together like peanut butter and jelly. Whether your Internet browsing habits take you to Reddit, Tumblr, or elsewhere, you likely run into multiple GIFs per day, each ...

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Imgur's new GIFV format means animated images load faster, look better and play when shared on social networks. Will the 1987-era GIF format finally fade from use? Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

The GIF format remains a popular file format for animating images. However, the technology hasn’t changed since 1987, and its limitations are starting to show. Which is why the image hosting website, ...

There is a big debate on the proper pronunciation. When you want to ask someone if they liked the GIF that you sent, how do you say it out loud? Most of us have heard it spoken a couple of different ...

A 50-MB MP4 is compacted into a 3.4-MB GIFV as Imgur unveils Project GIFV and heralds the evolution of the GIF. Project GIFV is an internal undertaking at Imgur, and one the image-hosting site hopes ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story originally published in March 2018. We’re republishing the piece following news that Stephen Wilhite, one of the lead creators of the GIF, died earlier this month after ...

Crop extra space around the image to reduce its dimensions. When you prepare the GIF, reduce its output dimensions. Reduce the number of colors in the image. For animated GIFs, reduce the number of ...