Shout out to La Croix who got in on this early and capitalized quickly by creating their own channel. If you want to directly use a GIF, you can save it to your camera roll and jump to Step 2. This a great way for brands and teams to centralize access to custom animated GIFs. Just make sure your GIF is public and shareable. This will not only allow you to upload your GIF to their platform, but you’ll also be able to share that GIF using the GIPHY app and website. (pssst, you can also skip to the end to watch a video of these steps.) Step 1: Create a Account/Channel for your GIF (optional)įirst up, you’ll want to head to and create a channel. Jump in and take your stories to the next level with content that is as unique as you are. Thank you for reading this.Tired of trying to find the perfect animation by searching limited options in the GIF sticker for your Instagram Stories? There’s a hidden way to use any GIF you want! Also, if you need more information, please don't hesitate to send a PM. I would greatly appreciate any help or feedback/criticism for my GIFs so far. Perhaps my phone is just too out of date? I tried to upload the MP4 file directly to Instagram (file size was roughly 400KB) but that didn't work. Last night took about 2 hours just to figure out why Instagram didn't accept the Gif even when it was 1 sec longĪlternate methods.

I saved the MP4 version via Google Drive, upload it to Giphy, and then submit that to Instagram.

The end result looks terribly blurry and pixelated.

I have limited knowledge on video editing so, my problems has been: I have tried this twice and was met with much difficulty. Most of the videos or online articles I've seen mention using GIPHY app to post After Effect Gifs or converted MP4 videos to Instagram. My goal is to motivate others who want to achieve more this year while improving my novice skills in Adobe Illustrator and After Effects. I am spending the rest of January (hopefully I'll finish before February) creating 31 GIFs based on my own personal New Years Resolutions and post it on my Instagram and personal website.

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