Where do I find GIFs and what do I have to be aware of
GIFs rock! They have a huge emotional appeal. So, nicely done you for wanting to use GIFs in your sparks.
We have already created and formatted a bunch of gifs for you to use.
You'll find them in a Google Drive folder here
If you'd like to find your own gifs, the best source we know of is www.giphy.com
In order to use one of them, you click on the gif and then on media
The best option is 'small'
Copy the link and open the gif optimizer: www.ezgif.com
You want to make sure that your gif has the right format and size - that's what ezgif does.
In the top menu, the following three are your most important options.
- Resize: Change the pixel-dimensions of the gif
- Crop: Cut parts of it
- Optimizer: Reduce the file size by decreasing quality
Your quality criteria:
- Not bigger than 500 KB
- Dimensions: 16:9 or 4:3 work best in landscape - not portrait
- Width should be around 320 px
