Capture to a Gif

Record content of pages to an animated gif picture from browser

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Capture to a Gif: Record Browser Content Easily

Capture to a Gif is a lightweight Chrome extension designed to effortlessly record animations, videos, and other dynamic content from your browser pages into animated GIF images. Simply activate the extension, select the specific element or drag to choose any area on the page, and start recording with customizable shortcut keys.

Post-recording, the extension opens a page displaying your generated GIF, where you can fine-tune parameters like frames per second (FPS), quality, width, and height before regenerating the animation. You can also capture static PNG images for convenience. Default settings are customizable via the options page, ensuring a seamless and personalized recording experience.

By:: NoneGame
Users:: 50,000+
Rating:: 3.43

(169)
Version:: 0.3.2 (Last updated: 2024-07-15)
Creation date:: 2020-06-06
Risk:: Moderate risk impact Very low risk likelihood
Permissions:: scripting
activeTab
storage
tabCapture
Size:: 1.47M
Email:: no*****@gmail.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 14 hours ago

Ranking

# 3,301 ▲ 84

Other rankings

#2838 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 8

#4 in gif keyword 33

#28 in capture keyword 81 ▲ 2

#30 in animation keyword 15 ▼ 1

#117 in record keyword 53 ▼ 1

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User reviews

Users find Capture to a Gif easy and useful for short videos, praising its simplicity and free availability. However, multiple users report it no longer working properly, with issues like buggy GIF outputs, limited quality, and failure on longer videos. There's a desire for higher frame rates like 60fps. Despite recent problems, some have relied on it for years, noting its overall usefulness and straightforward operation.

Pros

Easy to use interface and simple operation
Useful tool for creating GIFs from videos
Free and appreciated by many users
Works well for short videos or clips
Has been reliable for extended periods for some users, such as teachers

Cons

Broken or no longer works for many users recently
Generated GIFs can have bugs such as missing frames or disordered sequences
Limited maximum quality output (around 50%)
Doesn't work well for longer videos (around 60 seconds or more)
Lacks support for higher frame rates like 60fps

Recent reviews

looks like the animation is bugged even at 24 fps

ak, 2025-04-06

不是這麼好用,但是還好

林恩合, 2025-02-20

Great tool!!! Thank you so much to the dev .. only think I would love to see is 60fps .. for most animation 24 is not enought .. but even that the tool is great I will use it a lot!

Hubert Larose Surprenant, 2025-02-09

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Capture to a Gif requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Captures visible content, which may expose user data displayed on the screen, posing a security threat.

Risk likelihood

Capture to a Gif has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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