If you’ve ever wondered why CSS is important, or why Flash died out, these GIFs will explain everything. The Monochrome era of web design, circa 1989.

The integrated animation and GIF creation tools in Photoshop are a quick way to bring a string of images or illustrations to life without the need for video editing software.

But animated GIFs don’t have to come from the internet: You can make your own GIFs from the photos and videos on your phone. And you may not even need extra software to do so. Here’s a guide.

No additional tool required for animated GIFs 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 ...

It wasn’t until 2001 that the PNG group’s animated GIF-killer-that-couldn’t, MNG, emerged to find a web that had finally resigned itself to the GIF. Then in 2004, the battle was over.

In fact, ArchDaily has come up with seven different ways animated GIFs can be applied to and improve upon a presentation. In the same way a GIF can be used to show the exact moment the athlete hit ...