Lemon/Video
Turn a video into a GIF on Mac
A GIF plays anywhere without a video player: in a README, a chat, a bug report. Lemon turns a clip or screen recording into one straight from Finder.
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9:41⌥ Option+ click any file
Two ways to do it on a Mac.
With Lemon
One click in Finder.
- 1Hold Option and click the video in Finder.
- 2Flick it onto GIF on the lemon that appears.
- 3The GIF lands right beside the original.
Select several files first and they are all converted together. Nothing is uploaded: Lemon works with Wi-Fi off.
Built into macOS
Using Shortcuts.
- 1Open the Shortcuts app and create a new shortcut.
- 2Add the Make GIF action and give it your video.
- 3Add a Save File action and run it.
It works, but you have to build the shortcut first.
Questions.
Lemon uses the first 20 seconds of the video. GIFs get large quickly, so trim longer clips first.
Every file, one flick.
Lemon converts images, video, audio, PDFs and documents from Finder. $4.99 once, no subscription.