Since the WhatsApp platform added the sending of GIFs to its functions, the popularity of this format has increased uncontrollably and the most impressive thing is that it has stayed like this.
Giphy is a platform that enables create your own GIFs to later be able to share them on different social networks and you can even download among the millions of GIFs that exist on the page and share them in the same way.
You can download the GIFs from this page on your mobile, regardless of the operating system you have, or on your PC and it's free. Even though Giphy is popular for its GIFs, this is not all the content you will find on this page. You can also create and download stickers or stickers of all kinds.
What are animated GIFs or Giphy images for WhatsApp?
GIF image format is one of the most popular right now, this format is simply based on add movement to images through frames that happen to each other.
Thus make a short animation but no sound repeating over and over for a few seconds. This makes conversations take a fun spin without the need to send large files..
GIFs take the best of videos and the best images to create this more practical but as fun format as both.. GIFs can only have a maximum number of 256 colors, and subscribed to this, the lack of sound makes a GIF is not as heavy as a video.
The abbreviations for the word GIF stand for Graphics Interchange Format, which translated into Spanish means "interchangeable graphics format”. This format was developed in 1987, and despite the fact that it has existed for more than 30 years, it was actually in this decade that it gained popularity and has become a worldwide trend.
Giphy is a website where host millions of downloadable GIFs to later use on social networks such as Facebook, and to send by WhatsApp Messenger in the most common conversations. Apart from Giphy, you can find GIFs in google image library.
For this, You just have to type in the Google search engine the term of the image you want to find, then click on the button "images“, Then in the option”tools“And where the types of images you select appear”animated"And then download the GIFs you like the most.
How to download GIF or these animated images from Giphy for WhatsApp?
The first thing you should do to download GIF from Giphy platform, is to enter it from the web browser of your mobile device or from your computer. You can immediately see the menu in the middle of the screen.
Later, a little to the right, you will see a three dots icon, this symbolizes an alternative menu, When it is deployed, the rest of the functions offered by the Giphy platform will be displayed.
In the space “search for” you can write a sentence that describes the GIF or GIF you are looking for, once you have selected the one you want to download, you just have to click on it. Then the details of the GIF will be displayed, then you right click, you give it a download and it will appear in the download folder of your PC or in the gallery of your mobile.
Another method is through download of the mobile application that Giphy has created for its users, which you can access through your mobile app library, ya sea Play Store o App Store.
Once you have the application library downloaded and installed on your mobile, open the application and in the search bar type the GIF or tag you want to downloadSelect one, a three-dot icon will appear below the image, here it will show you the alternatives to send by email, copy the link, share on social networks, save to your mobile gallery, among other.
Then you click on the option save GIFs in the gallery of your mobile device or in “save GIF” and ready. Now you can use it whenever you want.
Advantages of GIFs?
- easy to view from any device due to its small size
- Do more dynamic and fun the conversation
- Produce Emotional impact
- They can be sent from different platforms
- Has a chance to be more shared than any other content
