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27 February 2024  John Weaver  Senior Program Developer
 

Summary
Discover the simple steps to saving GIFs from Twitter directly to your Android, iPhone, or computer. Enjoy the excitement of animated GIFs at your fingertips anytime.



Table of contents

table iconI. How to save the GIF on Twitter to the local device?
table iconII. How to convert video to GIF for uploading to Twitter
table iconIII. (Extended information) Use Renee Video Editor to optimize and edit the video before converting to GIF
Save GIF on Twitter

I. How to save the GIF on Twitter to the local device?

Since Twitter does not support saving or downloading GIFs directly to local devices, third-party GIF download tools are needed. Different methods for saving GIFs on Twitter will be introduced for various devices.

1. Android device

If you are using an Android phone, the Tweet2gif app can help you save GIFs from Twitter.
Step 1: Download and install the Tweet2gif application from the application market on your mobile phone or Google Play. The download link for Tweet2gif on Google Play is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.trecet.nowhere.tweet2gif&hl=en_US&gl=US
Step 2: Download and install the Tweet2gif application. Copy and paste the GIF URL from Twitter into the Tweet2gif address bar, then click on the (Download GIF) button to save the GIF.
Tweet2gif interface

2. iPhone

iPhone users can save Twitter GIFs through the GIFwrapped application.
Step 1: Search and download GIFwrapped on the App Store.
Step 2: Then copy the GIF link from Twitter, open GIFwrapped, paste the link into the search box to search.
Open GIFwrapped
Step 3: After waiting for GIFwrapped to parse out the GIF information, click (Save to Photos) to save the GIF to the iPhone’s local photo album, and click (Save to Library) to save the GIF to GIFwrapped in gallery for viewing and sharing at any time.
GIFwrapped save GIF

3. Computer equipment

If you want to save GIFs from Twitter to your computer device, you can rely on the SaveTweetVid online tool.
Step 1: Open the SaveTweetVid online tool via your browser at: https://www.savetweetvid.com/downloader
Step 2: Right-click on the GIF screen on Twitter, click (Copy GIF Address), then paste the address into the address bar of SaveTweetVid, and click (Download).
Paste URL into SaveTweetVid
Step 3: After the GIF information analysis is completed, click the (Download Gif) button.
Download Gif button
Step 4: A window will pop up, please click the (Download .gif) button to save the GIF on Twitter to your computer.
download gif

II. How to convert video to GIF for uploading to Twitter

To post GIFs on Twitter, convert your video to a GIF using Renee Video Editor software.

1. What is Renee Video Editor software?

Renee Video Editor is a professional software with a simple interface and complete video editing functions. It can cut, merge, add music, enhance video quality, compress videos, create GIFs, add subtitles and watermarks, apply filters, adjust speed, and edit various file formats like MP4, AVI, M4A, FLV, and WMA.
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2. How to convert video to GIF with Renee Video Editor

Step 1: Download, install and run the Renee Video Editor software. In the initial interface of the software, click the (GIF Maker) button.
how to convert mp4 to gif with renee video editor
Step 2: In the (GIF Maker) interface, select (Video to GIF), and then click (Add File) to load the video file to be converted.
create Gif add Files
Step 3: Set the start and end time on the right side of the interface according to the segment of the video you want to convert to GIF. If converting the entire video, no need to adjust the start and end time. You can also modify the GIF size in the export settings and adjust the playback rate in the frame rate settings.
convert mov to gif with renee video editor
Step 4: After the setting is complete, select the save location of the file in (Export), and then click the (Generate GIF) button to convert the video to GIF and save it to the specified folder.
To enhance the GIF effect, optimize and edit the video beforehand using Renee Video Editor software. This program offers comprehensive video editing features such as cropping, merging, and splitting videos, as well as adjusting brightness, saturation, contrast, adding filters, watermarks, subtitles, and more.

III. (Extended information) Use Renee Video Editor to optimize and edit the video before converting to GIF

Click on the (Advanced Editing) button in the lower right corner of the main interface of Renee Video Editor software to enter the video editing interface. Then, click on the (Add File) button to import the video for editing.
open advanced cutter in renee video editor
After importing the video into the software, you can choose your favorite function to edit the video according to the following introduction.
① Cut function: You can keep or remove part of the video, and edit by dragging the progress bar or directly setting the start time and end time of the video.
video editor advance cutter add files
how to cut videos in advanced cutter of renee video editor
② Crop function: used to adjust the interface size of the video. Set the cropping size and position in (Cropping area size) and (Cropping area position), or manually drag the cropping frame around the video screen to crop.
video editor advance cutter crop
③ Effects: You can adjust the brightness, contrast, and saturation of the video. There is also a (one-key enhancement) button in the software. After selecting (one-key enhancement), the software will intelligently adjust the video parameters. In addition, we can also adjust the playback speed of the video, add special effects to the video, and make the video display better.
effect filter
④ Watermark: Add a watermark to the video. In the watermark editing toolbar on the left, you can add text, pictures, and video watermarks, and you can also adjust the duration of the watermark. For text watermarks, you can choose the font of the text.
add watermarks into video with renee advanced cutter
⑤ Subtitles: Add subtitles to the video, select and add subtitles corresponding to the video in the (Subtitles) option box, and then adjust the position, font and color of the subtitles.
add subtitles with renee advanced cutter
⑥ Add Music: You can add background music to the video, or remove the original audio of the video. Click (Import Music) to select and add music, and then you can set the start time and end time of the music, adjust the volume, etc.
add background music with renee video editor