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An investigation into all the different ways to make animated image files.
Turns out there is more than one option to create a GIF from Adobe After Effects. In this video, I run an example H.264 MP4 video through all the different options I could find. And all the differences within those options.
After Effects does not natively create animated GIFs, but Adobe Media Encoder does, so I take a look at those settings. I also check out Adobe Photoshop's options. And I compare the new Creative Cloud Express online service to Giphy. Finally, I do look at a way of making GIFs directly in After Effects, using AEJuice.
Hopefully by the end of this video, all your questions will be answered - except for why I use all caps for filenames!
![AEJuice](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e08afac7-f9f0-4969-806c-10d59355097b/6aaebf2c-12b4-42dd-968b-bed95a31d262_rw_1200.gif?h=9e75531276b794afb4fb974ac2316834)
AEJuice
![Giphy](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e08afac7-f9f0-4969-806c-10d59355097b/ce243209-88fe-4da9-9e0f-1217bb66b7eb_rw_600.gif?h=8de60a9ee7a6017d53860d806721145b)
Giphy
![Adobe CreativeCloud Express 16:9 Medium](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e08afac7-f9f0-4969-806c-10d59355097b/ac5587c1-4d79-407e-8faa-dc72b456856d_rw_600.gif?h=59ec2ffae5551d9ab1bded7a6f206424)
Adobe CreativeCloud Express 16:9 Medium
![Photoshop](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e08afac7-f9f0-4969-806c-10d59355097b/e6943781-ef72-41a9-aadc-ad7b640bf4eb_rw_600.gif?h=d54ec125f7d887e50270e7d94a44b425)