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After watching the video 45 times, I broke down how I felt about it, in a handy GIF format. So, there you have it. How much does Dennis Allen’s ‘win now’ messaging matter? 4 questions about ...
Everyone loves GIFs. (Though we're always a bit worried we're not pronouncing GIFs correctly.) Now the history animated file format is the subject of a segment on the PBS design show Off Book.
If you associate animated GIFs only with the blinking banner ads of yore (by which we mean 2010), you should know that times have changed. This app delivers the expressiveness of a video clip in ...
“A successful GIF is one that is shared,” Eppink wrote in an article on the history of GIFs for the Journal of Visual Culture. “Even though individuals process the pixels, communities make ...
Will the 1987-era GIF format finally fade from use? Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science ...
Welcome to part three of this brief journey through the rich history of one of the newest and most popular art forms, the animated GIF. The previous installments are “The Early Years: ...
“[T]o be looped in a GIF, to be put on display as ‘animated’ at the behest of audiences,” as Monica Torres describes for Real Life, is an act with racial history and meaning. These GIFs ...