How to make a GIF with GIMP

This video will show you how to make a GIF in GIMP, a free image editing software that is available in Linux, Windows and Mac. So, this tutorial will work on all operating systems.

Also, watch Making an animated GIF in Linux with one simple command youtu.be/gT2y1SVf2hI

To make an animated GIF in GIMP:

Open GIMP. Go to File → Open as layers
And select all the images you want to make a GIF of
Order the images in the layer panel.

Crop images if necessary.

Resize images because they are quite large and the GIF file will be large too. Go to Image → Scale Image.


Zoom to 100%. Assess image quality. If it is too small and low resolution, undo the changes by pressing Ctrl+Z or through this menu and adjust the size and resolution until you are satisfied with the results.

Next, go to Filters → Animation and Optimize these images for GIF.
This will open all your layers in a new tab and you can see that some information is removed from the images. This will further reduce the size of the images and thus the GIF size.

After that go to Filters → Animation and select Playback. You will see how your GIF animation will look like frame by frame.

If everything is fine, go to File and Export this project as GIF.

Make sure it is exported as animation.
Enable loop and specify the delay between frames.
I don’t really know what the rest of the options do, so I select “I don’t care”.
Then go and check your GIF.

What way do you like more making GIFs with the command line as I showed in this video
or the graphical way you learned in this video?

You can vote in the top right corner or comment below.

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