Turn Any YouTube Video Into A GIF By Just Adding GIF To The URL

[allheart55 Cindy E]

 

Want to turn something on YouTube into a GIF, but don’t want to futz with downloading third-party apps or digging around for an online converter?

 

Here’s a handy, easy to remember trick: just add “GIF” to the beginning of the URL. After “www.” and before “youtube.com”

 

Like so:

.

 

So, for example, you’d turn:

into:

www.gifyoutube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

and hit enter. Tada!

 

To be clear, this isn’t an official YouTube tool (though I’d still argue that YouTube really, really ought to build one) — so don’t be surprised if it doesn’t work forever , particularly if YouTube’s legal team gets too bummed about the use of their trademark right in the domain.

 

This is a side project by the team behind the super GIF-centric messaging app Glyphic.

 

One catch: in the current build, you can set the start time and GIF duration, but you can’t get super precise about it. If you want frame-by-frame control for that sweet, sweet perfectly timed loopage, you’ll probably want something like GIFGrabber or GIFBrewery

 

[Via HackerNews]