Add Effects to Animated GIFs – 2 Simple Methods to Get Stunning GIF

December 31, 2021Ashley Mae

Different from the video files, is it possible to dd effects to animated GIFsa? When you create a Christmas-related animated GIF file, you have to add the falling snow effect for Pinterest or other social media sites. How to get your GIFs to be stand out? This article shares 2 simple methods to add effects to photo GIFs.

Add Effects to GIFs

Part 1: How to Add Falling Snow Effect to Photo GIF

When you need to apply some special effects to animated GIFs, including the snowing effects, sketch, silk, blink, and more others. You can adjust the hue, contrast, saturation, and brightness. Aiseesoft Video Converter Ultimate enables you to apply watermarks, add filters/effects, insert the subtitles, and even convert videos and photos into an animated GIF.

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Step 1:
Download and install Video Converter Ultimate on your computer. Choose the Toolbox menu to go to the MV menu at the top of the home interface. Click the Add button to import the GIF file.
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Step 2:
Preview the GIF within the program and click the Edit icon. Switch to the Effect & Filter tab from the top ribbon. From the right part of the interface, you can add the falling snow effect to the GIF file.
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Note: Besides the basic special effects and filters, you can adjust the contrast, saturation, brightness, hue, and more others to the animated GIFs. Moreover, you can also apply different text watermarks.

Step 3:
Preview the effects of GIF, and press the OK button when you are satisfied to back to the home page. When it is all done, click the Export button to export your GIFs with effects.
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Part 2: How to Add Basic Effects to GIFs Online

If you need to apply some basic effects to GIFs, the online GIF makers can be a nice choice. EZGIF is the all-in-one GIF toolkit, which enables you to create, resize, crop, reverse, optimize, and apply some effects to GIFs. But there are some limited effects, such as Gotham, LOMO, Toaster, Vignette, Polaroid, and Nashville filters.

Step 1:
Go to the EZGIF online with any web browser, you can choose the Effects menu. You can select the Color filter tab to apply filters to animated GIFs online.
Step 2:
You can upload the animated GIF from your computer or paste the URL of the GIF into the related column. Click the Upload button to import the GIF file to EZGIF.
Step 3:
Tweak the hue, saturation, and lightness to apply the basic filter to the GIF. Moreover, there are some preset color filters, such as gray-scale, sepia, and monochrome.
Step 4:
Just preview the animated GIF online, you can crop the GIF, adjust the speed, ad overlay to the video, and more. After that, you can click the Save button to export the GIF.
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Part 3: FAQs about Adding Effects to GIFs

Is GIF an image format or a video format?

GIF is an image format. A Video GIF is not exactly a video but actually, an animated photo format, because they don't usually run at 50FPS. Normally an animated GIF is set as seconds per frame rather than frames per second and usually, animated gifs are very short.

Is it possible to add background to animated GIFs?

Yes. Besides adding effects to a GIF file, you can also add background to the animated file. The professional video converter enables you to choose a theme, such as Christmas Eve, Snowy Night, Old Times, and more others according to your requirements.

Where can I find the desired effects on GIF files?

GIPHY is one of the most popular GIF websites where you can find some basic filters. If you are not satisfied with the effects, just search for the desired video filters and effects. After that, you can turn the video into an animated GIF with the professional video converter.

Conclusion

Making a GIF is interesting, especially when you add some effects and filters to an animated GIF. The online GIF editor websites provide some basic GIF filters only. When you need to add snow falling effect to GIF, or need to convert the videos/photos to GIF, Aiseesoft Video Converter Ultimate is always the initial choice you can take into consideration. Click to learn how to convert PNG to GIF.

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