Facebook has actually now started supporting & playing GIFs animations, however the GIFs do not move if published directly to the Facebook website. There's a specific simple approach which has to be practiced to guarantee that your GIFs always stimulate on Facebook-- So here's a small tutorial on how you can Add or Upload & Post animated GIFs on Facebook PC & mobile Site in addition to Facebook Mobile App for Android & iPhone-iPad (iOS). This approach even lets you publish GIFs as Facebook status upgrade, or in remarks, or in Private Messaging as well! Posting Gifs On Facebook.

 

Posting Gifs On Facebook

1. Getting the Direct URL of GIF from another host, That is submitting GIF on some other server and copying its Direct Link.

2. Pasting the Direct Link of GIF into the Facebook Text Window (Status/ Comment/ Messaging) and Publishing it! That's it! (You have successfully included an animated GIF on Facebook-- Now let's take a look onto each action in information).

Pre-Requistes.

• A GIF You can use the existing GIFs or you can even create a brand-new one using the particular approaches.

Producing GIF on Android-- Use Graphica App for Android. Graphica even lets you produce GIFs using frames, and has an integrated direct facebook share option which you can straight utilize to share Andimated GIFs on Facebook.

Create a GIF on iPhone-- Follow this connected tutorial to Develop & View GIFs on iPhone (Uploading GIFs to facebook will require some additonal approaches).

Approach.

• Now, considering you have your GIF files prepared, To start with Upload the GIF files to an image-hosting site which supports hotlinking, (for e.g You can utilize Giphy.com, UltraImg.com to submit your GIFs and get the direct links. for instance in our tutorial we will be utilizing Giphy.com as our image host.


• Navigate to http://giphy.com/upload and Upload your Existing GIF by drag and droping your GIFs onto the upload Window as shown in the below image.

Now it will begin submitting your GIF onto the Giphy server. Now you require to consent to their Terms of Service then click the "Upload GIFs" button.

Now when you have actually submitted your GIF onto Giphy, it will load a sneak peek window, Now scroll-down to the bottom of the GIF image preview and select "Advanced" alternative.

• Once you pick "Advanced" choice it will provide you with different links, Now simply "Copy" "ctrl+ c" the GIF Download Link as revealed in the image below.

Note-- Giphy does notes that Giphy links sneak peek in Facebook & Twitter but Giphy Hyperlinks do not animate by default and thus we are using the GIF Download Links.

• Now, Open Facebook.com-- And Paste the GIF Download Link into the "Update Status" field, and wait until the sneak peek loads as displayed in the image below.

Note-- If the sneak peek does not pack even if you pasted the

proper link, Please refill the page and try once again until the preview appears. (If you're using the Facebook mobile app-- The very same technique makes an application for Facebook app as well, paste the direct link into Update Status field and work for the sneak peek to load.

• Once the sneak peek is packed, Simply Click on "Post" and voila! you will see the GIF is stimulating and moving, therefore you have successfully posted Animated GIFs on Facebook!


• Quick Idea-- You can even remove the pasted link, when the sneak peek is packed so that no one can guess how you did it, If you face any issues while utilizing this method feel free to comment.

We extremely recommend using Graphica App for Android for posting the GIFs on Facebook, as it automatically does the complete job of producing GIF, publishing, and copy-pasting the URL for you, and besides it likewise offers amazing Frame Live GIFs choice so you can style your GIFs as well!

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