How to Save a GIF

Skylly
3 min readJun 22, 2021

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I’ll be showing you on how to save Gif’s on your computer from Giphy, Twitter, Pixiv, Google, Facebook and Tumblr to your computer. If you’d like to make a GIF by yourself, try the free no watermark GIF maker- MiniTool MovieMaker

How to Save a GIF from GIPHY

If you’re browsing a GIF database like Giphy, you’ll likely be able to find a convenient download button once you click on a GIF you’re interested in.

If you don’t see a download button on the page, you may also be able to save the image by right clicking on it, then selecting save image as.

A window will appear on your screen, allowing you to choose where to save the image. Select a folder, then click save.

How to Save a GIF from Twitter

Much online GIF downloaders only support downloading Twitter GIFs in MP4 format.

Go to Twitter and right-click on the GIF you desire to save. Choose Copy GIF Address.

Open a new tab and enter the SaveTweetVid website.

Paste the GIF link in the box and click Download.

Then click the Download GIF button to save the GIF from Twitter.

How to Save a GIF from Pixiv

Pixiv is an online community for artists. They can upload their works to Pixiv and let more people know them. As a Pixiv user, you may want to save some wonderful GIFs from the website.

Open Google Chrome and go to Chrome web store.

Search for Pixiv Toolkit and add it to Chrome.

Then find the GIF that needs to download from Pixiv.

Click the blue icon at the bottom of this page and choose Generate GIF to save the GIF.

How to Save a GIF from Google

Google provides abundant GIF resources and it’s super easy to save them from Google.

Find the GIF you’re looking for in Google Images.

Tap on it to view the GIF.

Right-click on it and select the Save image as… option from the pop-up list.

Then save it from Google by clicking the Save button.

How to Save a GIF from Facebook

Now, I’ll show you how to save gifts from Facebook. To start, go to Facebook in your browser and log in.

Then browse your timeline to find a GIF you want to save, click on a GIF to reveal its source. Then click the source where it appears at the bottom.

This will open another page in your browser where you can view the image on the web site it was sourced from.

Hover your cursor over the image, then, right click in the menu that appears, select Save Image as and choose the folder where you want to save the image. Then click save.

Related article: How to Convert MP4 to GIF.

How to Save a GIF from Tumblr

Now, I’m going to show you how to save Gif’s from Tumblr. This is quite simple to do. Go to Tumblr and log into your account. Browse your timeline to find a GIF you’d like to save.

Hover your cursor over the image, and then right click select Save Image as and choose where you’d like to save the file. Then click save.

That’s everything you need to know on how to save Gif’s to your computer.

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Skylly

I’m fascinated by the influence of evolving technologies, computer software/hardware as well as social behavioral norms. https://www.swifdoo.com/