How to Create a GIF from a Video with VLC and Photoshop?

Verdict & Suggestion. Verdict: The video cutting process of VLC media player is extremely easy to handle that doesn't require any technical skill. But the downside of using VLC to cut the video clips is that the media player records the video frame by frame, so that it's suitable only for small cuts.

VLC is an open-source and versatile media player with tons of impressive features. You can extract frames from the video you want to gif using VLC, then make adjustments and turn the frames into a gif with Photoshop. Below are the specific steps to create a GIF from a video in VLC and Photoshop.

Devices and Mac OS X version. VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any Mac with a 64-bit Intel processor or an Apple Silicon chip. Previous devices are supported by older releases. How to Create a GIF from a Video with VLC and Photoshop? VLC is an open-source and versatile media player with tons of impressive features. You can extract frames from the video you want to gif using VLC, then make adjustments and turn the frames into a gif with Photoshop. How to use VLC as a video cutting tool To cut videos in VLC, follow the steps given below:-1) Open VLC media player. 2) Play the video which you want to trim and note the time in the video from where you want to obtain the trimmed video and also note the end time up to which you want the video to be trimmed.

Step 1. Play and Record the Scene You Want to GIF in VLC.

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The first thing to create a GIF from a video is to capture what you need from the video to generate a video clip.

• Launch VLC > go for Tools and select Preferences from the context menu at the top > In Input & Codecs Settings, reset a new directory for storing recording files. Or recording will be saved in C: drive/Finder by default. Then save the changes and reboot VLC to have the settings to work.
• Click on Advanced Controls under View tab if there is no red Record control in the timeline area.
• Click Media and Open Files from the context menu to play a video file.
• Locate to where you want to begin > click the red button to start recording and hit the button again to stop. The video clip should be auto saved in the location you've set.

Step 2. Split the Recording into Frames

• Go to Preferences once again and click the option All under Show Settings at the bottom.
• Now scroll down to Video from the sidebar > expand Filters and click Scene filter > filter settings will be shown on the right side where you can set the image format, file location, recording ratio, etc. It's worth noting that you should type or copy a location path in the field of Directory path prefix to set a new location. And hit Save and reboot VLC to apply your settings.
• Select Filters in the sidebar > place a check mark in the box of Scene video filter to enable the filter.
• Go back to the home page and click Media and Open File and play a video you want to gif. Now the video will be converting into frames one by one, and they will be saved automatically in the location previously made.

But this is not the end, you need another software to convert these frames to GIF. Here we use Photoshop for the next step.

Step 3. Make GIFs from Frames with Photoshop

• Launch Photoshop and go to File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack.
• Click Browse and load the frames you made in VLC > select OK and wait for loading.

Step 4. Create Frame Animation and Export Images as GIF

• In the timeline area, click Create Frmae Animation > then go for the Hanburger menu at the rightmost of the timeline > select Make Frames From Layers from the context menu. And each layer will become one frame of the GIF animation.
• Click the Play/Pause button to play the GIF animation. You'are allowed to make the GIF to play on loop, set up the dealy time between each frame, crop a GIF, and many more.
• Now go to Files > Export > Save for Web (Legacy) > Choose the file format as GIF and make adjustments like color grading, image size and others > select an output directory. Now you have made your own GIFs!

This is the entire process to make a GIF from a video with VLC and Photoshop. You can tell that it is pretty complex bacause you need two different tools, VCL to extract the desired scenes as frames, and then Photoshop to make these frames into a GIF image.

There's nothing worse than losing Wi-Fi or data coverage when you're halfway through your favorite video on YouTube. While YouTube does allow you to save some videos for offline watching, with a little effort, you can download them in HD as well. All you need is the VLC media player installed on your system. And the procedure is as easy as using VLC.

Disclaimer: According to Google’s Terms of Service for YouTube, “You shall not download any Content unless you see a ‘download’ or similar link displayed by YouTube on the Service for that Content.” So, it is illegal to download YouTube videos. This how-to is for informational purpose only. It is recommended to subscribe to YouTube Premium for downloading videos.

Steps to download YouTube videos using VLC media player

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1. Install the VLC app on your Mac OS. Click here to download the app.
2. Open VLC and then select File, Open Network.
3. Paste the URL (link address) of the YouTube video you want to download.
4. Once the video starts playing, click 'Window' and then 'Media Information'.
5. Find the 'Location' bar and copy that URL.
6. Open your browser and paste that URL.
7. Right-click the video and select 'Save Video As'.
8. Select the desired location and save the video.

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Note that some of the menu might change with each release of the VLC media player. However, procedure remains the same. This how-to is verified to be working with the v3.0.x of the VLC media player.

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