You can also edit the animation by removing unwanted frames, add text overlays and adjust frame delays. It also saves precious bytes by replacing redundant pixels with a green screen and only drawing the new pixels, and by replacing colors with nearest matching one to reduce the size of the color palette and thus the size of the file. For instance, when it finds the previous frame is same as the new recorded one it automatically adds delays instead of adding a new frame and increasing gif size. GifCam employs a number of tricks to significantly reduce the size of animation.

But GifCam does more than simply take screenshots and string the frames together. Simply move and size the recording frame over the area you want to capture and press the record button to start recording. GifCam is a screen recording software and an animated GIF maker rolled into one. Additionally, GIF is better optimized for images that contain flat blocks of colors such as text, logos and illustrations (which is usually the case when recording a screen). Besides, GIF is more practical for screen recording that contains large areas that doesn’t change between frames. On the other hand, videos are a hassle because they need to be uploaded to YouTube or a similar platform and require Flash to playback in the browser. I do this when I want to show an action or the result of an action which cannot be properly conveyed through static pictures. Sometimes it’s more convenient to record the screen and share it in the form of animated GIF files rather than as videos.

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