Make an animated GIF from a screenshot

Gusta GIF is a free online GIF maker that runs entirely in your browser. Paste a screenshot, draw an arrow on it, duplicate the frame a couple of times and nudge things between the copies, then export a looping GIF. No account, no upload, and no watermark on the image.

How to make a GIF from a screenshot

1. Paste it. Take a screenshot and press Cmd/Ctrl+V. You can also drop an image in or open a file.
2. Draw on it. Arrows, boxes, freehand, captions, a highlight, or blur out something with the smudge tool.
3. Duplicate the frame. Whatever you just drew stays movable, so you can nudge it between frames.
4. Or use a motion preset. Slide, shake, pop or fade builds the whole run of frames for you.
5. Export. The GIF is encoded in your browser and downloads straight to your machine.

What it can do

• Annotate screenshots with arrows, boxes, ellipses, freehand drawing and text
• Meme-style captions with a heavy outline, across the top or bottom
• Select part of the picture and move, copy or delete it
• Layers, with visibility, opacity and merge down
• Motion presets and a draw-the-path tool, so you are not nudging frame by frame
• Frame effects: shake, zoom punch, flash, invert, fade to black
• Onion skin, adjustable frame delay, looping or ping-pong playback
• Crop, paint bucket fill, colour picker, smudge, undo and redo throughout

Questions

Is it free?

Yes, and there is no account. Nothing is behind a sign-in.

Does it put a watermark on my GIF?

No. Nothing is added to the picture. The file's comment block records that it was made here, which no one viewing the GIF ever sees.

Are my images uploaded anywhere?

No. The editing and the GIF encoding both happen in your browser, so your images never leave your machine. The only thing sent is an anonymous count that a session happened: no cookies, no account, no image data, and no identifier that follows you between visits.

What size and how many frames can it handle?

Up to 1200 pixels on the longest edge. GIF file size grows quickly with dimensions and frame count, so smaller and shorter stays shareable.

Does it work on an iPad or a phone?

Yes. Touch and Apple Pencil are supported, including pressure, and the layout adapts to a narrow screen.

Can I use the GIFs commercially?

They are yours. Gusta GIF ships no clip art, stock images or fonts beyond the ones already on your device, so there is nothing of ours in your export to license.

Gusta GIF is part of Gusta Labs, alongside Gusta Draw for vector design, Gusta Music, Gusta 3D and Gusta Video.

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