How to record screen and save as gif animation?

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Is there such a software?

Apologies, but this question is not programming related, and belongs on SuperUser.com. — Binary Worrier, Oct 28 '09 at 09:13
There probably is and you probably don't want it. Those GIFs will be huge (and ugly). — Joey, Oct 28 '09 at 09:25
The on topic version of this same question is at SU: http://superuser.com/questions/20381/is-there-a-screen-recording-app-that-saves-as-gif — Robert MacLean, Feb 14 '13 at 11:17
Nowaday this question could fit software reccomendations very well.. Who is so nice to reopen there with more details and deserve glory for this noble action? — Revious, Oct 03 '14 at 13:09
[ScreenToGif](https://screentogif.codeplex.com/) does exactly that. — Pier-Luc Gendreau, Dec 24 '14 at 05:01
Try this open source GifCapture, which is written in Swift https://github.com/onmyway133/GifCapture — onmyway133, Mar 05 '17 at 22:43
[ScreeToGif](https://www.screentogif.com/) has a portable version which could be used without installation — Koo, Mar 18 '22 at 10:51

H A · Answer 1 · 2013-07-01T19:05:33.087

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Try this free tool (unlimited frames) called Cropper. Set the output as Animated Gif.

Update:

In the notification area right click the cropper icon, go to Output > Animated Gif

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edited Jul 01 '13 at 19:05

answered Feb 17 '12 at 22:23

H A

I don't see an animated gif option. Am I missing anything? – Ammar Jul 01 '13 at 16:52
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See the screenshot in my answer – H A Jul 01 '13 at 19:06
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It seems the animated gif functionality is now a plugin: http://cropperplugins.codeplex.com/ – Jarrod Dixon Jul 03 '13 at 21:12
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For anyone using this - the produced GIF always appears to include the overlayed bounding box - which isn't ideal. This visibility doesn't appear to be configurable either. – AlanFoster Mar 11 '14 at 17:36
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@AlanFoster I found a workaround for the overlay problem. Set your crop area and record a random GIF (will be junk because overlay will be present)-> Hide cropper overlay and record another GIF using the printscreen key (prtscrn to start and prtscrn again to stop). It will record an overlay free gif using the crop setting from the last GIF recorded. The first step is needed because the crop area will only be set when you record a gif directly (using the enter key). – George Kendros Apr 24 '14 at 13:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 10 '13 at 22:10

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Try this (Size -857 KB) (trial version - only 25 frames )

edited Jul 10 '13 at 22:10

answered Oct 28 '09 at 09:23

Ravindra S

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