Facebook has now begun supporting & playing GIFs animations, but the GIFs don't move if published straight to the Facebook site. There's a specific easy method which has to be practiced to make sure that your GIFs constantly animate on Facebook-- So here's a little tutorial on how you can Include or Upload & Post animated GIFs on Facebook PC & mobile Site along with Facebook Mobile App for Android & iPhone-iPad (iOS). This approach even lets you post GIFs as Facebook status update, or in remarks, or in Private Messaging as well! Post Gifs On Facebook.

 

Post Gifs On Facebook

1. Getting the Direct URL of GIF from another host, That is publishing 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 actually successfully added an animated GIF on Facebook-- Now let's take a look onto each action in detail).

Pre-Requistes.

• A GIF You can utilize the existing GIFs or you can even create a new one using the particular methods.

Creating GIF on Android-- Use Graphica App for Android. Graphica even lets you develop GIFs utilizing frames, and has an integrated direct facebook share choice which you can directly use to share Andimated GIFs on Facebook.

Create a GIF on iPhone-- Follow this linked tutorial to Produce & View GIFs on iPhone (Uploading GIFs to facebook will need some additonal methods).

Technique.

• Now, considering you have your GIF files ready, Firstly Upload the GIF files to an image-hosting website which supports hotlinking, (for e.g You can use Giphy.com, UltraImg.com to publish your GIFs and get the direct links. for example in our tutorial we will be utilizing Giphy.com as our image host.


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

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

Now once you have actually published your GIF onto Giphy, it will load a preview window, Now scroll-down to the bottom of the GIF image sneak peek and choose "Advanced" option.

• As soon as you choose "Advanced" option it will provide you with various links, Now just "Copy" "ctrl+ c" the GIF Download Link as shown in the image below.

Note-- Giphy does notes that Giphy links preview in Facebook & Twitter however Giphy Hyperlinks do not stimulate by default and hence we are using the GIF Download Links.

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

Note-- If the preview does not fill even if you pasted the

appropriate link, Please refill the page and try once again up until the sneak peek appears. (If you're utilizing the Facebook mobile app-- The same method uses for Facebook app also, paste the direct link into Update Status field and work for the sneak peek to load.

• Once the preview is loaded, Simply Click "Post" and voila! you will see the GIF is stimulating and moving, therefore you have actually effectively posted Animated GIFs on Facebook!


• Quick Suggestion-- You can even eliminate the pasted link, when the preview is loaded so that no one can guess how you did it, If you deal with any problems while using this method don't hesitate to comment.

We highly recommend utilizing Graphica App for Android for publishing the GIFs on Facebook, as it automatically does the complete job of creating GIF, publishing, and copy-pasting the URL for you, and besides it likewise offers remarkable Frame Live GIFs option so you can design your GIFs as well!

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