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Yesterday: GIFs are great! But actually making them kinda sucks.

Today: GIFs are great! And any video (or burst!) on your iOS device can be GIFFed, edited, and posted using the Tumblr app.

Here’s how:

Open a new photo post.

Pick a video (or a burst!). 

Poof. Now, it’s a GIF.

You can crop it. Zoom it. Trim it. Make it fast. Make it slow. Make it loop. Make it rebound back and forth. Make a whole bunch and arrange them into a photoset. See what other people are making over in the #made with tumblr search, then go have fun with this thing already.

Available on iOS right now, Android in just a little bit

And now, a few exciting tips:

Don’t underestimate bursts(!)—they produce extremely handsome GIFs. 

The shorter your GIF is, the better it’ll look. 

The rebound button is rad. Try it out and enjoy the resultant smoothness. 

Speaking of smoothness, 1.5x is a really smooth speed. 

GIF a slow-mo video, then speed it up in the GIF maker. An incredible, pudding-like smoothness.