{"id":1523,"date":"2025-06-22T15:22:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.txd9.com\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2025-06-22T15:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:22:59","slug":"windows-11s-snipping-tool-now-creates-diy-animated-gifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.txd9.com\/?p=1523","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11&#8217;s Snipping Tool now creates DIY animated GIFs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"link_wrapped_content\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-bigbite-multi-title\"\/>\n<p>Microsoft is adding a long overdue function to Windows 11\u2019s popular Snipping Tool (accessible via <em>Win + Shift + R<\/em>): The screen capture tool can now create animated GIFs directly.<\/p>\n<p>The new feature is available immediately, Microsoft says. However, it is only available to Windows Insiders in the Dev and Canary channels who are testing new Windows 11 versions in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, the Snipping Tool could only save screenshots in JPG, PNG and static GIF formats. Video recordings can only be recorded in MP4 video format. However, anyone who wanted to create short, easily shareable GIF animations of screen recordings \u2013 for tutorials, bug reports or explanations, for example \u2013 previously had to use third-party tools such as ShareX or ScreenToGif.<\/p>\n<p>With the update to the new Snipping Tool, those diversions is no longer necessary. The new \u201cCreate GIF\u201d option allows users to start a recording directly after selecting the screen section and then save it as a GIF animation or share it directly in an email, in a chat or on a website \u2014 no extra video player or conversion software required.<\/p>\n<div class=\"extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{\" uploadedsrc=\"\" size-full=\"\" image:=\"\" snipping=\"\" tool=\"\" windows=\"\" mit=\"\" support=\"\" f=\"\" animierte=\"\" gif-screenrecordings=\"\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/b2c-contenthub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ST-GIF-Popup.png\" alt=\"Snipping Tool Windows 11 mit Support f\u00fcr animierte GIF-Screenrecordings\" class=\"wp-image-2822731\" width=\"925\" height=\"761\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><button class=\"lightbox-trigger\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Enlarge image: Snipping Tool Windows 11 mit Support f\u00fcr animierte GIF-Screenrecordings\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-style--right=\"context.imageButtonRight\" data-wp-style--top=\"context.imageButtonTop\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\"><path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/figure>\n<p class=\"imageCredit\">Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can choose to export in \u201clow\u201d or \u201chigh quality\u201d. The maximum length of such animated GIFs is 30 seconds. If the length is exceeded, the user can only export the screen recording as an MP4 video.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly practical: the feature also works in multi-monitor setups and can be conveniently controlled using a compact overlay.<\/p>\n<p>The GIF export function is currently only available in the Insider versions of Windows 11 from 11.2405.24.0. Microsoft has not yet announced when it will be released for all users. However, it can be assumed that the feature will be available to the general public in the course of the summer with a regular Windows update \u2013 possibly as part of the next \u201cMoment\u201d release or as an update for Windows 11 version 24H2.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Further reading: <\/strong>These 13 tips will make you a Windows 11 master<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is adding a long overdue function to Windows 11\u2019s popular Snipping Tool (accessible via Win + Shift + R): The screen capture tool can<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270],"tags":[1315,1319,1317,1318,1320,1316,518,1083],"class_list":["post-1523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","tag-11s","tag-animated","tag-creates","tag-diy","tag-gifs","tag-snipping","tag-tool","tag-windows"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.txd9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.txd9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.txd9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.txd9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.txd9.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.txd9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.txd9.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.txd9.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.txd9.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.txd9.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}