Updated How To Be A Successful YouTuber

Updated How To Be A Successful YouTuber

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How To Be A Successful YouTuber

Over the last few years, YouTube has gone from being a small video website containing funny videos, to the world’s second-largest search engine. YouTube currently boasts more than 2 billion video views per week. It can also provide a low-cost to no-cost solution to making a social marketing channel for your hobby or business. Most of the time, success is not achieved overnight.

Creating a YouTube channel that will be successful takes a lot of time, effort, planning, and work to kickstart it from zero. In this article, we will be covering the most important topics you have to remember when becoming a successful YouTube star.

  1. Watch Time
  2. Average view duration
  3. Audience Retention
  • Promotion and Marketing
  1. YouTube’s Community Tab
  2. Social Media Advertisements

With that said, let’s get into it!

Successful YouTuber

Successful YouTuber

1. Understand ‘Success’ Means

YouTube’s success is based on the premise that all visitors need the same thing. Search, find, and leave as fast as possible. Kind of like a store. But YouTube visitors have much more diverse needs than you might think. Some come to watch short clips of cats doing silly things, others to view TV shows or how to learn an instrument, cooking, maintain a car, and so much more.

The way your success is measured is by the number of viewers you get onto your channel. No matter what kind of content you upload, whether it’s about music, education, when you turn viewers into subscribers, dedicated fans, and supporters, that is how you can measure your success and how you can get as many new people through the door and make them stick around because they love what you do and what value you are to them. We are going more in-depth in the other stages of this article about analytics and measurements.

Understanding What 'Success' Means

Understand What ‘Success’ Means

2. Create Your Plan

When it comes to building a successful YouTube channel, consistency is super important. You are more likely to gain success if you have a well-thought-out plan and a strategy for uploading content. Instead of uploading once per month, try once per week if your time schedule allows it so your new viewers know when to expect a new video. Planning is super important because it will allow you to stick to a schedule. If you have a lot of time to create videos, people tend to get used to that schedule. Once you’re planning becomes less structured because of lack of time, it can confuse viewers as consistency is important. People do not like change, or it will take time for them to get used to a new schedule, especially if it changes often.

Creating Your Plan

Create Your Plan

3. Make Your YouTube Videos

After you created your plan, your strategy, and all the preparation, it is time to start filming! We highly recommend working with an upload schedule, so you know which videos to create and when they have to be finished. Try to have a good overall layout and theme for your videos from the start so people know who you are and what you do. Once you started filming you can continue the process and keep producing.

Filmora Note

Note: If you have less time, you can create more videos in one filming session so you have a bulk library you can release over the period when you don’t have time for creating content.

Making Your YouTube Videos

Make Your YouTube Videos

It’s highly recommended to write down a list of topics for videos so you can have your same recording set ready to go for whenever you start shooting. If you are able to keep a dedicated space to keep your set, that’s a huge plus instead of having to tear everything down and setting up again each time you film and it gives your viewers a consistent idea of what they can expect any time new video releases onto your YouTube channel.

4. Use Analytics to Improve

Some marketers could have an unhealthy relationship with analytics. They track too many of the numbers. Maybe we think we can prove any marketing campaign is producing results if there’s an eye-catching percentage. But we all know that some metrics are a lot more revealing than other types of statistics.

We have listed 3 important types of metrics you have to study to truly understand your audience.

❶ Watch Time

The Watch Time is the total amount of minutes viewers have spent watching your content. It’s a key metric because YouTube pushes videos and channels with higher Watch Times in their search results and recommendations section. YouTube does this because the more Watch Time a video has, the more engaging their algorithm knows it is and YouTube like to recommend videos that keep viewers as long as possible on the platform.

Watch Time

Watch Time

In the Watch Time section, you can see the amount of Watch Time your videos have generated. You can also rank each of your videos by Watch Time and group your videos by styles, lengths and themes to determine your most engaging videos.

❷ Average view duration

Your Average view duration is the total Watch Time of your video divided by the total number of video playbacks, also including replays. This metric measures your video’s ability to engage people. If your video can’t engage new visitors, they’ll jump off from your video quite fast, leaving you with an unimpressive average view duration. If you create a high-performing video, your Average view duration and total Watch Time will increase over time and boost your search and recommendations rankings by a lot.

Average view duration

Average View Duration

❸ Audience Retention

Let’s talk about Audience Retention. If your video is longer than five minutes, and Audience Retention is more than 50%, you are going in the right direction. A hook is something that grabs a viewer’s attention and will result in them staying longer on your video or browsing your other content. We recommend regularly reviewing your videos to ensure you aren’t attracting visitors to outdated content. Older videos can turn them away and they may view your YouTube channel as less trustworthy or valuable as a source for the information that they are looking for. Updated videos are high-quality videos.

Audience Retention

Audience Retention

5. Promotion and Marketing

Now it is time to let all your hard work pay off! There is one last thing to focus on so your videos will generate your desired results. Promoting your video is important when it comes to letting it find the target audience. We have listed a few options for promoting and marketing your content.

Promotion and marketing

Promotion and Marketing

❶ YouTube’s Community Tab

Tips for You

1. Make a Post

To create a YouTube Community post on your computer or smartphone, go navigate to your YouTube channel, and look for the tab called “Community.”

2. Tag Content Creators

Now you can make a post and add either an image or a video to it to promote it! You can also tag other content creators by writing an @ symbol in front of the channel’s name.

To create a YouTube Community post on your computer or smartphone, go navigate to your YouTube channel, and look for the tab called “Community.” Now you can make a post and add either an image or a video to it to promote it! You can also tag other content creators by writing an @ symbol in front of the channel’s name.

❷ Social Media Advertisements

Tips for You

1. Targeting Teens at Tiktok

When choosing where to place your advertisements, it’s helpful to understand which networks are most popular with your target audience. Targeting teens? TikTok is where to find them. Older generations love Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram.

2. Find Social Networks for Your Brand

Try looking at which social networks perform well organically for your brand. Where does your content naturally strike a chord with fans? This is an obvious choice for your first social ad campaign.

With that said, let’s get into it!

Successful YouTuber

Successful YouTuber

1. Understand ‘Success’ Means

YouTube’s success is based on the premise that all visitors need the same thing. Search, find, and leave as fast as possible. Kind of like a store. But YouTube visitors have much more diverse needs than you might think. Some come to watch short clips of cats doing silly things, others to view TV shows or how to learn an instrument, cooking, maintain a car, and so much more.

The way your success is measured is by the number of viewers you get onto your channel. No matter what kind of content you upload, whether it’s about music, education, when you turn viewers into subscribers, dedicated fans, and supporters, that is how you can measure your success and how you can get as many new people through the door and make them stick around because they love what you do and what value you are to them. We are going more in-depth in the other stages of this article about analytics and measurements.

Understanding What 'Success' Means

Understand What ‘Success’ Means

2. Create Your Plan

When it comes to building a successful YouTube channel, consistency is super important. You are more likely to gain success if you have a well-thought-out plan and a strategy for uploading content. Instead of uploading once per month, try once per week if your time schedule allows it so your new viewers know when to expect a new video. Planning is super important because it will allow you to stick to a schedule. If you have a lot of time to create videos, people tend to get used to that schedule. Once you’re planning becomes less structured because of lack of time, it can confuse viewers as consistency is important. People do not like change, or it will take time for them to get used to a new schedule, especially if it changes often.

Creating Your Plan

Create Your Plan

3. Make Your YouTube Videos

After you created your plan, your strategy, and all the preparation, it is time to start filming! We highly recommend working with an upload schedule, so you know which videos to create and when they have to be finished. Try to have a good overall layout and theme for your videos from the start so people know who you are and what you do. Once you started filming you can continue the process and keep producing.

Filmora Note

Note: If you have less time, you can create more videos in one filming session so you have a bulk library you can release over the period when you don’t have time for creating content.

Making Your YouTube Videos

Make Your YouTube Videos

It’s highly recommended to write down a list of topics for videos so you can have your same recording set ready to go for whenever you start shooting. If you are able to keep a dedicated space to keep your set, that’s a huge plus instead of having to tear everything down and setting up again each time you film and it gives your viewers a consistent idea of what they can expect any time new video releases onto your YouTube channel.

4. Use Analytics to Improve

Some marketers could have an unhealthy relationship with analytics. They track too many of the numbers. Maybe we think we can prove any marketing campaign is producing results if there’s an eye-catching percentage. But we all know that some metrics are a lot more revealing than other types of statistics.

We have listed 3 important types of metrics you have to study to truly understand your audience.

❶ Watch Time

The Watch Time is the total amount of minutes viewers have spent watching your content. It’s a key metric because YouTube pushes videos and channels with higher Watch Times in their search results and recommendations section. YouTube does this because the more Watch Time a video has, the more engaging their algorithm knows it is and YouTube like to recommend videos that keep viewers as long as possible on the platform.

Watch Time

Watch Time

In the Watch Time section, you can see the amount of Watch Time your videos have generated. You can also rank each of your videos by Watch Time and group your videos by styles, lengths and themes to determine your most engaging videos.

❷ Average view duration

Your Average view duration is the total Watch Time of your video divided by the total number of video playbacks, also including replays. This metric measures your video’s ability to engage people. If your video can’t engage new visitors, they’ll jump off from your video quite fast, leaving you with an unimpressive average view duration. If you create a high-performing video, your Average view duration and total Watch Time will increase over time and boost your search and recommendations rankings by a lot.

Average view duration

Average View Duration

❸ Audience Retention

Let’s talk about Audience Retention. If your video is longer than five minutes, and Audience Retention is more than 50%, you are going in the right direction. A hook is something that grabs a viewer’s attention and will result in them staying longer on your video or browsing your other content. We recommend regularly reviewing your videos to ensure you aren’t attracting visitors to outdated content. Older videos can turn them away and they may view your YouTube channel as less trustworthy or valuable as a source for the information that they are looking for. Updated videos are high-quality videos.

Audience Retention

Audience Retention

5. Promotion and Marketing

Now it is time to let all your hard work pay off! There is one last thing to focus on so your videos will generate your desired results. Promoting your video is important when it comes to letting it find the target audience. We have listed a few options for promoting and marketing your content.

Promotion and marketing

Promotion and Marketing

❶ YouTube’s Community Tab

Tips for You

1. Make a Post

To create a YouTube Community post on your computer or smartphone, go navigate to your YouTube channel, and look for the tab called “Community.”

2. Tag Content Creators

Now you can make a post and add either an image or a video to it to promote it! You can also tag other content creators by writing an @ symbol in front of the channel’s name.

To create a YouTube Community post on your computer or smartphone, go navigate to your YouTube channel, and look for the tab called “Community.” Now you can make a post and add either an image or a video to it to promote it! You can also tag other content creators by writing an @ symbol in front of the channel’s name.

❷ Social Media Advertisements

Tips for You

1. Targeting Teens at Tiktok

When choosing where to place your advertisements, it’s helpful to understand which networks are most popular with your target audience. Targeting teens? TikTok is where to find them. Older generations love Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram.

2. Find Social Networks for Your Brand

Try looking at which social networks perform well organically for your brand. Where does your content naturally strike a chord with fans? This is an obvious choice for your first social ad campaign.

5 Tried-And-True Ways to GIF Making

5 Tried-And-True Methods to GIF Making

An easy yet powerful editor

Numerous effects to choose from

Detailed tutorials provided by the official channel

Try It Free Try It Free

GIFs are a way for teens to add a bit of fun to their private or group conversations while expressing themselves in a fun and expressive way. GIFs are trendy on sites like Twitter and Tumblr, but more and more people have started using them for their blogs and other content because it helps them connect with their readers. Making gifs is one of those skills that make you look incredible in your friend’s group nowadays.

So, the question is how to make a GIF? Is it hard? We will walk you through the process in this article.

In this article

01 [How to Make a GIF With Photoshop](#Part 1)

02 [How to Make a GIF With Canva](#Part 2)

03 [How to Make a GIF From a YouTube Video](#Part 3)

04 [How to Make a GIF on Mobile](#Part 4)

05 [How to Create Screen-Recording Gifs](#Part 5)

Part 1 How to Make a GIF With Photoshop

Photoshop is probably the best tool for gif-making available in the market right now. They provide you with the essential tools to make the best GIFs out of any video you want.

So here is a step-by-step method to help you make your GIFs in Photoshop and impress your friends.

Step 1: One of the most important steps is to choose the video you want to use in your GIF. GIFs are supposed to be short and express what you want to in that concise sequence, and that’s why choosing a correct sequence of the right length is very important.

Step 2: Now you will have to download the video file to your computer and continue to trim it down to as few frames as possible, and choose the frames that convey the message as accurately as possible.

Step 3: Import the video to Photoshop by going to “File” > “Import” > “Video frames to layers.” Choose the video file you need, and it will appear in the form of separate frames. Now you can select whether you want the entire video or small bits of it; you can also limit the import to any frame to manage the size and time of the video. You can choose different color gradients and many other things according to your preference. And then go to “file” and select “save for web.”

import video to make gif photoshop

Step 4: As the next step, move ahead with selecting color gradients as per your needs and choice. And then go to “file” and select “save for web,” and select the settings for the saved file until you find the one that suits you.

set according to the needs photoshop

Step 5: Save the file, and now you can share it with your friends or upload it to different free image hosting sites.

Part 2 How to Make a GIF With Canva

Making GIFs on Canva is super easy; if you are someone who is not familiar with tools like Photoshop, Canva is a GIF generator that can help you out in that situation and help you make GIFs. So, how do you use a gif maker in Canva? See the steps below to get a comprehensive idea of that.

Step 1: To create your GIF design in Canva, go to Canva and open “new doc.”

open doc in canva

Step 2: Choose the download feature and then continue to the drop-down list and now click on “Animated gif/movie” and “preview animation.”

click preview animation canva

Step 3: Now you will have to select the animation style for your Gif; currently, Canva has around 6 animation styles that you can choose from.

Step 4: Now you will have to download the GIF. After that, simply share and flaunt your skills to your near ones!

Part 3 How to Make a GIF From a YouTube Video

So, how can you make Gif from any YouTube video? It’s not so hard when there are online Gif makersonline that will help you make excellent and funky Gifs easily and in a short time.

You can use Giphy, an online Gif maker, and one can make gif easily over there; you just have to follow a few simple steps mentioned below.

Step 1: First of all, you will have to choose a video that fits your need and is perfect for a gif like short, expressive, and high quality.

giphy interface

Step 2: The next step in the process is to upload the gif to Giphy, which can be done by choosing “choose file” under the gif section to make a gif online. You can also use video links if you haven’t downloaded the video in your system.

choose file giphy

Step 3: Gif has an online gif generator that will generate a perfect gif for you from the video you selected by trimming and other required operations.

trim video giphy

Step 4: Now you will have to click on “upload to giphy,” and the GIF you created will start uploading, and you are ready to use the online gif with your friends.

upload to giphy

Part 4 How to Make a GIF on Mobile

What if you don’t have a pc or laptop and want tomake a gif on your phone? That’s very easy; here, we will share the steps you need to follow to easily make gifs on your iOS or Android device.

01How to create gif on your iOS device?

There are enough third-party apps that one can use to make GIFs on their iOS device. But on iPhones and iPad, some already installed programs can help you make GIFs easily.

You can use a live photos program and add effects to the shots you want to turn into gifs. You will have to go to the Photos app, select the image and click on the gray corner and add different effects as you desire. You can get a gif maker from the app store and turn your life photos into a gif quickly with all the effects you have added previously.

02How to create a gif with android?

Different Android phones offer different options to turn photos and other animations into gifs. For example, in Samsung Galaxy phones, one can use gif-making features already available in the pre-installed gallery app. In addition, Google photos have a ‘motion photos’ feature that can be converted and used to make GIFs easily using third-party apps you can easily find on Play Store.

03You can use a gif making app

Making GIFs from native tools is fantastic, but you can’t get all the features when using a native tool on your phone. However, you can download a gif generator online to help you make GIFs easily with your phone itself.

Part 5 How to Create Screen-Recording Gifs

What if you need to create screen recording gifs? That’s not hard, too. Actually, it’s super easy. So, to begin with, all you need is to get a screen recording application downloaded. It should be compatible to the device you want to record screen of. Also, keep the part of the video you want to turn into GIF.

Now, once you have the video file, things will become easy. All you have to do is upload the video file to Wondershare Filmora Video Editor and trim the video to the desired length and make the perfect gif to share with your friends and family!

Wondershare Filmora - Best Video Editor for Mac/Windows

Try It Free Try It Free

5,481,435 people have downloaded it.

Build unique custom animations without breaking a sweat.

Focus on creating epic stories and leave the details to Filmora’s auto features.

Start a creative adventure with drag & drop effects and endless possibilities.

Filmora simplifies advanced features to save you time and effort.

Filmora cuts out repetition so you can move on to your next creative breakthrough.

Now, you must be wondering about Filmora; you must be aware of Photoshop already, but filmora is an equally appealing tool that one can use to edit videos, make gifs online, and much more. The best part is that it’s super easy to use and doesn’t need you to have any skills at all.

With Filmora, you can do professional editing and use all sorts of tools quickly, and you can also use it to make awesome gifs. Gif making is straightforward, and it’s for you to try tools that make the process fun too.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

So, here are the points we can summarize through this article.

The first and best thing is that you don’t need to have any technical knowledge to make gifs to share with all your friends and have fun. You can easily make a gif online and add all sorts of animations and filters that you like.

You don’t need to have a PC either, you can easily use Gif generators that are available online, and they will be able to make a perfect gif for yourself on your phone itself.

Using and making perfect gifs is an art, and you need to take care of the video you choose, time, lengths, the expression, and other filters while you make a gif online.

Try It Free Try It Free

GIFs are a way for teens to add a bit of fun to their private or group conversations while expressing themselves in a fun and expressive way. GIFs are trendy on sites like Twitter and Tumblr, but more and more people have started using them for their blogs and other content because it helps them connect with their readers. Making gifs is one of those skills that make you look incredible in your friend’s group nowadays.

So, the question is how to make a GIF? Is it hard? We will walk you through the process in this article.

In this article

01 [How to Make a GIF With Photoshop](#Part 1)

02 [How to Make a GIF With Canva](#Part 2)

03 [How to Make a GIF From a YouTube Video](#Part 3)

04 [How to Make a GIF on Mobile](#Part 4)

05 [How to Create Screen-Recording Gifs](#Part 5)

Part 1 How to Make a GIF With Photoshop

Photoshop is probably the best tool for gif-making available in the market right now. They provide you with the essential tools to make the best GIFs out of any video you want.

So here is a step-by-step method to help you make your GIFs in Photoshop and impress your friends.

Step 1: One of the most important steps is to choose the video you want to use in your GIF. GIFs are supposed to be short and express what you want to in that concise sequence, and that’s why choosing a correct sequence of the right length is very important.

Step 2: Now you will have to download the video file to your computer and continue to trim it down to as few frames as possible, and choose the frames that convey the message as accurately as possible.

Step 3: Import the video to Photoshop by going to “File” > “Import” > “Video frames to layers.” Choose the video file you need, and it will appear in the form of separate frames. Now you can select whether you want the entire video or small bits of it; you can also limit the import to any frame to manage the size and time of the video. You can choose different color gradients and many other things according to your preference. And then go to “file” and select “save for web.”

import video to make gif photoshop

Step 4: As the next step, move ahead with selecting color gradients as per your needs and choice. And then go to “file” and select “save for web,” and select the settings for the saved file until you find the one that suits you.

set according to the needs photoshop

Step 5: Save the file, and now you can share it with your friends or upload it to different free image hosting sites.

Part 2 How to Make a GIF With Canva

Making GIFs on Canva is super easy; if you are someone who is not familiar with tools like Photoshop, Canva is a GIF generator that can help you out in that situation and help you make GIFs. So, how do you use a gif maker in Canva? See the steps below to get a comprehensive idea of that.

Step 1: To create your GIF design in Canva, go to Canva and open “new doc.”

open doc in canva

Step 2: Choose the download feature and then continue to the drop-down list and now click on “Animated gif/movie” and “preview animation.”

click preview animation canva

Step 3: Now you will have to select the animation style for your Gif; currently, Canva has around 6 animation styles that you can choose from.

Step 4: Now you will have to download the GIF. After that, simply share and flaunt your skills to your near ones!

Part 3 How to Make a GIF From a YouTube Video

So, how can you make Gif from any YouTube video? It’s not so hard when there are online Gif makersonline that will help you make excellent and funky Gifs easily and in a short time.

You can use Giphy, an online Gif maker, and one can make gif easily over there; you just have to follow a few simple steps mentioned below.

Step 1: First of all, you will have to choose a video that fits your need and is perfect for a gif like short, expressive, and high quality.

giphy interface

Step 2: The next step in the process is to upload the gif to Giphy, which can be done by choosing “choose file” under the gif section to make a gif online. You can also use video links if you haven’t downloaded the video in your system.

choose file giphy

Step 3: Gif has an online gif generator that will generate a perfect gif for you from the video you selected by trimming and other required operations.

trim video giphy

Step 4: Now you will have to click on “upload to giphy,” and the GIF you created will start uploading, and you are ready to use the online gif with your friends.

upload to giphy

Part 4 How to Make a GIF on Mobile

What if you don’t have a pc or laptop and want tomake a gif on your phone? That’s very easy; here, we will share the steps you need to follow to easily make gifs on your iOS or Android device.

01How to create gif on your iOS device?

There are enough third-party apps that one can use to make GIFs on their iOS device. But on iPhones and iPad, some already installed programs can help you make GIFs easily.

You can use a live photos program and add effects to the shots you want to turn into gifs. You will have to go to the Photos app, select the image and click on the gray corner and add different effects as you desire. You can get a gif maker from the app store and turn your life photos into a gif quickly with all the effects you have added previously.

02How to create a gif with android?

Different Android phones offer different options to turn photos and other animations into gifs. For example, in Samsung Galaxy phones, one can use gif-making features already available in the pre-installed gallery app. In addition, Google photos have a ‘motion photos’ feature that can be converted and used to make GIFs easily using third-party apps you can easily find on Play Store.

03You can use a gif making app

Making GIFs from native tools is fantastic, but you can’t get all the features when using a native tool on your phone. However, you can download a gif generator online to help you make GIFs easily with your phone itself.

Part 5 How to Create Screen-Recording Gifs

What if you need to create screen recording gifs? That’s not hard, too. Actually, it’s super easy. So, to begin with, all you need is to get a screen recording application downloaded. It should be compatible to the device you want to record screen of. Also, keep the part of the video you want to turn into GIF.

Now, once you have the video file, things will become easy. All you have to do is upload the video file to Wondershare Filmora Video Editor and trim the video to the desired length and make the perfect gif to share with your friends and family!

Wondershare Filmora - Best Video Editor for Mac/Windows

Try It Free Try It Free

5,481,435 people have downloaded it.

Build unique custom animations without breaking a sweat.

Focus on creating epic stories and leave the details to Filmora’s auto features.

Start a creative adventure with drag & drop effects and endless possibilities.

Filmora simplifies advanced features to save you time and effort.

Filmora cuts out repetition so you can move on to your next creative breakthrough.

Now, you must be wondering about Filmora; you must be aware of Photoshop already, but filmora is an equally appealing tool that one can use to edit videos, make gifs online, and much more. The best part is that it’s super easy to use and doesn’t need you to have any skills at all.

With Filmora, you can do professional editing and use all sorts of tools quickly, and you can also use it to make awesome gifs. Gif making is straightforward, and it’s for you to try tools that make the process fun too.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

So, here are the points we can summarize through this article.

The first and best thing is that you don’t need to have any technical knowledge to make gifs to share with all your friends and have fun. You can easily make a gif online and add all sorts of animations and filters that you like.

You don’t need to have a PC either, you can easily use Gif generators that are available online, and they will be able to make a perfect gif for yourself on your phone itself.

Using and making perfect gifs is an art, and you need to take care of the video you choose, time, lengths, the expression, and other filters while you make a gif online.

Try It Free Try It Free

GIFs are a way for teens to add a bit of fun to their private or group conversations while expressing themselves in a fun and expressive way. GIFs are trendy on sites like Twitter and Tumblr, but more and more people have started using them for their blogs and other content because it helps them connect with their readers. Making gifs is one of those skills that make you look incredible in your friend’s group nowadays.

So, the question is how to make a GIF? Is it hard? We will walk you through the process in this article.

In this article

01 [How to Make a GIF With Photoshop](#Part 1)

02 [How to Make a GIF With Canva](#Part 2)

03 [How to Make a GIF From a YouTube Video](#Part 3)

04 [How to Make a GIF on Mobile](#Part 4)

05 [How to Create Screen-Recording Gifs](#Part 5)

Part 1 How to Make a GIF With Photoshop

Photoshop is probably the best tool for gif-making available in the market right now. They provide you with the essential tools to make the best GIFs out of any video you want.

So here is a step-by-step method to help you make your GIFs in Photoshop and impress your friends.

Step 1: One of the most important steps is to choose the video you want to use in your GIF. GIFs are supposed to be short and express what you want to in that concise sequence, and that’s why choosing a correct sequence of the right length is very important.

Step 2: Now you will have to download the video file to your computer and continue to trim it down to as few frames as possible, and choose the frames that convey the message as accurately as possible.

Step 3: Import the video to Photoshop by going to “File” > “Import” > “Video frames to layers.” Choose the video file you need, and it will appear in the form of separate frames. Now you can select whether you want the entire video or small bits of it; you can also limit the import to any frame to manage the size and time of the video. You can choose different color gradients and many other things according to your preference. And then go to “file” and select “save for web.”

import video to make gif photoshop

Step 4: As the next step, move ahead with selecting color gradients as per your needs and choice. And then go to “file” and select “save for web,” and select the settings for the saved file until you find the one that suits you.

set according to the needs photoshop

Step 5: Save the file, and now you can share it with your friends or upload it to different free image hosting sites.

Part 2 How to Make a GIF With Canva

Making GIFs on Canva is super easy; if you are someone who is not familiar with tools like Photoshop, Canva is a GIF generator that can help you out in that situation and help you make GIFs. So, how do you use a gif maker in Canva? See the steps below to get a comprehensive idea of that.

Step 1: To create your GIF design in Canva, go to Canva and open “new doc.”

open doc in canva

Step 2: Choose the download feature and then continue to the drop-down list and now click on “Animated gif/movie” and “preview animation.”

click preview animation canva

Step 3: Now you will have to select the animation style for your Gif; currently, Canva has around 6 animation styles that you can choose from.

Step 4: Now you will have to download the GIF. After that, simply share and flaunt your skills to your near ones!

Part 3 How to Make a GIF From a YouTube Video

So, how can you make Gif from any YouTube video? It’s not so hard when there are online Gif makersonline that will help you make excellent and funky Gifs easily and in a short time.

You can use Giphy, an online Gif maker, and one can make gif easily over there; you just have to follow a few simple steps mentioned below.

Step 1: First of all, you will have to choose a video that fits your need and is perfect for a gif like short, expressive, and high quality.

giphy interface

Step 2: The next step in the process is to upload the gif to Giphy, which can be done by choosing “choose file” under the gif section to make a gif online. You can also use video links if you haven’t downloaded the video in your system.

choose file giphy

Step 3: Gif has an online gif generator that will generate a perfect gif for you from the video you selected by trimming and other required operations.

trim video giphy

Step 4: Now you will have to click on “upload to giphy,” and the GIF you created will start uploading, and you are ready to use the online gif with your friends.

upload to giphy

Part 4 How to Make a GIF on Mobile

What if you don’t have a pc or laptop and want tomake a gif on your phone? That’s very easy; here, we will share the steps you need to follow to easily make gifs on your iOS or Android device.

01How to create gif on your iOS device?

There are enough third-party apps that one can use to make GIFs on their iOS device. But on iPhones and iPad, some already installed programs can help you make GIFs easily.

You can use a live photos program and add effects to the shots you want to turn into gifs. You will have to go to the Photos app, select the image and click on the gray corner and add different effects as you desire. You can get a gif maker from the app store and turn your life photos into a gif quickly with all the effects you have added previously.

02How to create a gif with android?

Different Android phones offer different options to turn photos and other animations into gifs. For example, in Samsung Galaxy phones, one can use gif-making features already available in the pre-installed gallery app. In addition, Google photos have a ‘motion photos’ feature that can be converted and used to make GIFs easily using third-party apps you can easily find on Play Store.

03You can use a gif making app

Making GIFs from native tools is fantastic, but you can’t get all the features when using a native tool on your phone. However, you can download a gif generator online to help you make GIFs easily with your phone itself.

Part 5 How to Create Screen-Recording Gifs

What if you need to create screen recording gifs? That’s not hard, too. Actually, it’s super easy. So, to begin with, all you need is to get a screen recording application downloaded. It should be compatible to the device you want to record screen of. Also, keep the part of the video you want to turn into GIF.

Now, once you have the video file, things will become easy. All you have to do is upload the video file to Wondershare Filmora Video Editor and trim the video to the desired length and make the perfect gif to share with your friends and family!

Wondershare Filmora - Best Video Editor for Mac/Windows

Try It Free Try It Free

5,481,435 people have downloaded it.

Build unique custom animations without breaking a sweat.

Focus on creating epic stories and leave the details to Filmora’s auto features.

Start a creative adventure with drag & drop effects and endless possibilities.

Filmora simplifies advanced features to save you time and effort.

Filmora cuts out repetition so you can move on to your next creative breakthrough.

Now, you must be wondering about Filmora; you must be aware of Photoshop already, but filmora is an equally appealing tool that one can use to edit videos, make gifs online, and much more. The best part is that it’s super easy to use and doesn’t need you to have any skills at all.

With Filmora, you can do professional editing and use all sorts of tools quickly, and you can also use it to make awesome gifs. Gif making is straightforward, and it’s for you to try tools that make the process fun too.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

So, here are the points we can summarize through this article.

The first and best thing is that you don’t need to have any technical knowledge to make gifs to share with all your friends and have fun. You can easily make a gif online and add all sorts of animations and filters that you like.

You don’t need to have a PC either, you can easily use Gif generators that are available online, and they will be able to make a perfect gif for yourself on your phone itself.

Using and making perfect gifs is an art, and you need to take care of the video you choose, time, lengths, the expression, and other filters while you make a gif online.

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GIFs are a way for teens to add a bit of fun to their private or group conversations while expressing themselves in a fun and expressive way. GIFs are trendy on sites like Twitter and Tumblr, but more and more people have started using them for their blogs and other content because it helps them connect with their readers. Making gifs is one of those skills that make you look incredible in your friend’s group nowadays.

So, the question is how to make a GIF? Is it hard? We will walk you through the process in this article.

In this article

01 [How to Make a GIF With Photoshop](#Part 1)

02 [How to Make a GIF With Canva](#Part 2)

03 [How to Make a GIF From a YouTube Video](#Part 3)

04 [How to Make a GIF on Mobile](#Part 4)

05 [How to Create Screen-Recording Gifs](#Part 5)

Part 1 How to Make a GIF With Photoshop

Photoshop is probably the best tool for gif-making available in the market right now. They provide you with the essential tools to make the best GIFs out of any video you want.

So here is a step-by-step method to help you make your GIFs in Photoshop and impress your friends.

Step 1: One of the most important steps is to choose the video you want to use in your GIF. GIFs are supposed to be short and express what you want to in that concise sequence, and that’s why choosing a correct sequence of the right length is very important.

Step 2: Now you will have to download the video file to your computer and continue to trim it down to as few frames as possible, and choose the frames that convey the message as accurately as possible.

Step 3: Import the video to Photoshop by going to “File” > “Import” > “Video frames to layers.” Choose the video file you need, and it will appear in the form of separate frames. Now you can select whether you want the entire video or small bits of it; you can also limit the import to any frame to manage the size and time of the video. You can choose different color gradients and many other things according to your preference. And then go to “file” and select “save for web.”

import video to make gif photoshop

Step 4: As the next step, move ahead with selecting color gradients as per your needs and choice. And then go to “file” and select “save for web,” and select the settings for the saved file until you find the one that suits you.

set according to the needs photoshop

Step 5: Save the file, and now you can share it with your friends or upload it to different free image hosting sites.

Part 2 How to Make a GIF With Canva

Making GIFs on Canva is super easy; if you are someone who is not familiar with tools like Photoshop, Canva is a GIF generator that can help you out in that situation and help you make GIFs. So, how do you use a gif maker in Canva? See the steps below to get a comprehensive idea of that.

Step 1: To create your GIF design in Canva, go to Canva and open “new doc.”

open doc in canva

Step 2: Choose the download feature and then continue to the drop-down list and now click on “Animated gif/movie” and “preview animation.”

click preview animation canva

Step 3: Now you will have to select the animation style for your Gif; currently, Canva has around 6 animation styles that you can choose from.

Step 4: Now you will have to download the GIF. After that, simply share and flaunt your skills to your near ones!

Part 3 How to Make a GIF From a YouTube Video

So, how can you make Gif from any YouTube video? It’s not so hard when there are online Gif makersonline that will help you make excellent and funky Gifs easily and in a short time.

You can use Giphy, an online Gif maker, and one can make gif easily over there; you just have to follow a few simple steps mentioned below.

Step 1: First of all, you will have to choose a video that fits your need and is perfect for a gif like short, expressive, and high quality.

giphy interface

Step 2: The next step in the process is to upload the gif to Giphy, which can be done by choosing “choose file” under the gif section to make a gif online. You can also use video links if you haven’t downloaded the video in your system.

choose file giphy

Step 3: Gif has an online gif generator that will generate a perfect gif for you from the video you selected by trimming and other required operations.

trim video giphy

Step 4: Now you will have to click on “upload to giphy,” and the GIF you created will start uploading, and you are ready to use the online gif with your friends.

upload to giphy

Part 4 How to Make a GIF on Mobile

What if you don’t have a pc or laptop and want tomake a gif on your phone? That’s very easy; here, we will share the steps you need to follow to easily make gifs on your iOS or Android device.

01How to create gif on your iOS device?

There are enough third-party apps that one can use to make GIFs on their iOS device. But on iPhones and iPad, some already installed programs can help you make GIFs easily.

You can use a live photos program and add effects to the shots you want to turn into gifs. You will have to go to the Photos app, select the image and click on the gray corner and add different effects as you desire. You can get a gif maker from the app store and turn your life photos into a gif quickly with all the effects you have added previously.

02How to create a gif with android?

Different Android phones offer different options to turn photos and other animations into gifs. For example, in Samsung Galaxy phones, one can use gif-making features already available in the pre-installed gallery app. In addition, Google photos have a ‘motion photos’ feature that can be converted and used to make GIFs easily using third-party apps you can easily find on Play Store.

03You can use a gif making app

Making GIFs from native tools is fantastic, but you can’t get all the features when using a native tool on your phone. However, you can download a gif generator online to help you make GIFs easily with your phone itself.

Part 5 How to Create Screen-Recording Gifs

What if you need to create screen recording gifs? That’s not hard, too. Actually, it’s super easy. So, to begin with, all you need is to get a screen recording application downloaded. It should be compatible to the device you want to record screen of. Also, keep the part of the video you want to turn into GIF.

Now, once you have the video file, things will become easy. All you have to do is upload the video file to Wondershare Filmora Video Editor and trim the video to the desired length and make the perfect gif to share with your friends and family!

Wondershare Filmora - Best Video Editor for Mac/Windows

Try It Free Try It Free

5,481,435 people have downloaded it.

Build unique custom animations without breaking a sweat.

Focus on creating epic stories and leave the details to Filmora’s auto features.

Start a creative adventure with drag & drop effects and endless possibilities.

Filmora simplifies advanced features to save you time and effort.

Filmora cuts out repetition so you can move on to your next creative breakthrough.

Now, you must be wondering about Filmora; you must be aware of Photoshop already, but filmora is an equally appealing tool that one can use to edit videos, make gifs online, and much more. The best part is that it’s super easy to use and doesn’t need you to have any skills at all.

With Filmora, you can do professional editing and use all sorts of tools quickly, and you can also use it to make awesome gifs. Gif making is straightforward, and it’s for you to try tools that make the process fun too.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

So, here are the points we can summarize through this article.

The first and best thing is that you don’t need to have any technical knowledge to make gifs to share with all your friends and have fun. You can easily make a gif online and add all sorts of animations and filters that you like.

You don’t need to have a PC either, you can easily use Gif generators that are available online, and they will be able to make a perfect gif for yourself on your phone itself.

Using and making perfect gifs is an art, and you need to take care of the video you choose, time, lengths, the expression, and other filters while you make a gif online.

Motion Blur Photo With GIMP: Step-By-Step Guide

GIMP is a cross-platform image editing software that you can use to edit photos and create graphics. The software is available for Linux, Windows, and macOS and can add a motion blur effect (A sense of movement in the photo), making your pictures look more realistic and professional.

So to help you tone your skills, we’ve written a comprehensive guide on how to apply the GIMP motion blur effect to your photos!

Part I. What Is GIMP?

GIMP software, a GNU Image Manipulation Program, is an open-source raster graphics editor used for image editing and retouching, converting between different image formats, free-form drawing, and more.

GIMP is frequently used as a Photoshop alternative. The software boasts a wide range of features, including support for layers, masks, color management, and third-party plugins.

Key Features

Here are some key features of the GIMP software:

  • Quickly hide panels and menus to let you switch to a full-screen mode to preview pictures
  • Fixes distorted images
  • Available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and other operating systems
  • Automatic image enhancement tool
  • Lets you remove all the panels and tools from the workflow except the one you are working with.
  • Released under a license called GNU General Public License v3 and later, which makes it free to use and distribute
  • Add overlays and crop or resize an image
  • Wide range of file formats that it can read and write, making it a versatile tool for working with images

Part II. How To Add The Motion Blur Effect To Your Photos in GIMP?

Below we’ve provided the step-by-step tutorial to add a motion blur effect to your photos in GIMP:

Step1 In the first step, launch a browser on your device, head to the GIMP website , and download the installation file according to your operating system. Now, click the downloaded installer, install the software on your system and launch it.

downloading the gimp software to add motion blur to photos

Step2 In the next step, click “File” on the GIMP dashboard, and select “Open” to access the Open Image window. Select your image file from your system and click “Open” to import the file.

importing photo to gimp to add motion blur effect

Step3 Next, click the “Filters” option from the top toolbar, select “Blur,” and choose “Motion Blur” from the drop-down menu. A dialogue box will now open where you can preview the effect and adjust the settings, including Blur Type, Blur Center, and Blur Parameters.

adding motion blur effect to photo using gimp

Step4 Once you are satisfied with your changes, click “OK” to apply the effect to the image, and make some other edits if needed. Finally, click “File” from the top toolbar, choose “Export As,” click “File Type” to select the format, and select the “Export” option to save your file.

Bonus Tips – The Alternative To GIMP To Create Motion Blur Effect

GIMP is a popular image editor that you can use to create motion blur effects. However, some users find it difficult to use the software for this purpose.

To simplify the process, we recommend usingWondershare Filmora an all-in-one editing software that offers multiple advanced features to help you quickly enhance your project.

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Here’s why Filmora is the best alternative to GIMP for creating motion blur effects:

  • A user-friendly interface where you can quickly create the motion blur effect without spending hours learning the process
  • Advanced video editing tools, such as keyframing, speed ramping, green screen, title editing, motion tracking, screen recorder, and preset templates
  • Royalty-free music library where you can access millions of music and soundtracks
  • Adds the motion blur effect to your videos as well as images
  • Comes with multiple parameters to adjust the effect on your clip or image

To add the radial blur effect to images using Filmora, here are the quick and easy-to-follow steps:

Step1 Download the Filmora software on your PC, launch it, and click “Create New Project” on the main panel. Use the “Click Here to Import your Media File” option to import your photo and drag and drop it into the timeline.

importing file to filmora to add motion blur

Step2 Now, head to the “Effects” tab from the taskbar. Use the search option to find the Blur effect. Afterward, drag & drop it in the timeline and adjust it on your selected clip.

adding motion blur effect using filmora

Step3 Please note that motion blur is now a dynamic effect on the image. That means you can add multiple photos and make them into a slideshow with a blur effect transition. Or, press the “Play” icon to preview your photo and pause the clip where you think motion blur works best.

Step4 Click the effect in the timeline to open its settings. Now, play your clip to preview and adjust the parameters as you want to smooth down the motion effect.

Step5 Once satisfied with the outcome, click the “Export” option, go to the “Local” tab, select a file format to save the images, and click “Export” again to save your project.

exporting file from filmora

Filmora offers many export options, such as your device, YouTube, Vimeo, and DVD, with just a few clicks.

Last Words

In this detailed tutorial, we’ve discussed what GIMP is and its key features. We’ve provided a step-by-step guide to walk you through the process of creating the motion blur effect using the GIMP software.

In addition, we’ve provided a bonus tip to recommend Filmora as the best alternative to GIMP for creating the motion blur effect.

Hopefully, you found this article helpful in resolving your queries, and you can now add a smooth motion blur effect to your images.

Free Download For macOS 10.14 or later

Here’s why Filmora is the best alternative to GIMP for creating motion blur effects:

  • A user-friendly interface where you can quickly create the motion blur effect without spending hours learning the process
  • Advanced video editing tools, such as keyframing, speed ramping, green screen, title editing, motion tracking, screen recorder, and preset templates
  • Royalty-free music library where you can access millions of music and soundtracks
  • Adds the motion blur effect to your videos as well as images
  • Comes with multiple parameters to adjust the effect on your clip or image

To add the radial blur effect to images using Filmora, here are the quick and easy-to-follow steps:

Step1 Download the Filmora software on your PC, launch it, and click “Create New Project” on the main panel. Use the “Click Here to Import your Media File” option to import your photo and drag and drop it into the timeline.

importing file to filmora to add motion blur

Step2 Now, head to the “Effects” tab from the taskbar. Use the search option to find the Blur effect. Afterward, drag & drop it in the timeline and adjust it on your selected clip.

adding motion blur effect using filmora

Step3 Please note that motion blur is now a dynamic effect on the image. That means you can add multiple photos and make them into a slideshow with a blur effect transition. Or, press the “Play” icon to preview your photo and pause the clip where you think motion blur works best.

Step4 Click the effect in the timeline to open its settings. Now, play your clip to preview and adjust the parameters as you want to smooth down the motion effect.

Step5 Once satisfied with the outcome, click the “Export” option, go to the “Local” tab, select a file format to save the images, and click “Export” again to save your project.

exporting file from filmora

Filmora offers many export options, such as your device, YouTube, Vimeo, and DVD, with just a few clicks.

Last Words

In this detailed tutorial, we’ve discussed what GIMP is and its key features. We’ve provided a step-by-step guide to walk you through the process of creating the motion blur effect using the GIMP software.

In addition, we’ve provided a bonus tip to recommend Filmora as the best alternative to GIMP for creating the motion blur effect.

Hopefully, you found this article helpful in resolving your queries, and you can now add a smooth motion blur effect to your images.

| Change Speed of a Video on iPhone

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Do you want to know how to slow down a video on iPhone? Or maybe you want to know how to speed a video up on iPhone.

There might be times you need to speed up or slow down a video that you shoot on iPhone. There are apps and built-in option that allows you to adjust the video’s speed.

This guide will help you out of this problem with step by step process to speed up and slow down iPhone videos.

Let’s get started.

Best Free App for Changing Video Speed on iPhone

Want to know how to slow a video down on iPhone or speed it up? There are numerous apps that let you do this, but not all of them are free and intuitive. However, there’s one such option that stands out from the crowd for its free access and variety of other video editing tools.

Wondershare Filmora is an iOS app available on Apple App Store. You can download the app and install it on your iPhone.

It is essentially a video editing app with an intuitive interface. It can help you speed up videos, slow down videos, or record slowmo iPhone videos that can be shared on social media platforms.

In addition to changing video speed, you can do some basic video editing as well. It includes text effects, stickers effects, music, PIP, and more.

How to Slow Down A Video on iPhone?

Looking for how to slow down a video on iPhone? Keep reading and you’ll find out shortly exactly how to do it.

Have you ever seen a movie trailer and thought that the slow-motion effect looked really cool? Well, you can get the same effect on any of your videos. You can even reverse the effect and speed up your video to create some interesting video effects.

Whatever your reason for slowing down a video, it’s easy to change the speed of your clip using iMovie on iPhone.

Here’s how you can do it:

  • You need to have iMovie app installed on your iPhone. If it’s already installed, launch iMovie on your iPhone and start a new project.
  • Now, tap the plus sign that’s at the start of the Projects screen.

tap the plus button on the Projects screen

  • Now, a pop-up window will appear where you need to select Movie.

Select Movie in the New Project screen

  • Now, find and select the video you want to slow down and tap Create Movie button at the center bottom of the screen.

tap Create Movie

  • Now move the playhead to the start of the timeline and tap to select the video. At this point, you’ll see the timeline highlighted in yellow color.
  • Look at the bottom of the screen and you’ll find the Speed button with the speedometer icon. Tap the Speed icon and a sliding bar will appear.

tap the Speed icon

  • To slow down the video, move the sliding bar to the left side, which’s towards the tortoise. It indicates that the speed of the video will decrease.

Move the slider backward to slow down

  • Now click the Play button to preview and then tap Done.

How to Speed Up Videos on iPhone?

Do you want to know how to speed up a video on iPhone? Keep reading to find out.

There are plenty of reasons why you might want to speed up a video. Maybe it’s an educational video that is really slow and boring or it has been recorded in slo-mo. It might be the reason that the video is long and slow, and your audience will get bored midway.

Whatever the reason, speeding up a video is easy to do on iPhone.

Let’s look into two different methods to speed up video on iPhone.

The first method works for videos originally recorded in slo-mo mode on iPhone.

Speed up slo-mo videos using the Photos app

The easiest way to speed up slo-mo videos is using the Photos app that comes pre-installed on iPhone.

Just follow these steps to speed up slo-mo videos:

  • Open the Photos app on your iPhone.
  • Tap Albums.
  • Now, scroll down and tap Slo-mo.

Tap Slo-mo

  • Tap the slo-mo video you want to speed up.
  • Once the video is open, tap Edit.
  • You’ll see a set of vertical lines on the bottom of the screen. The vertical lines indicate the video’s speed at that point. Closer lines mean normal speed and a wider distance between lines indicates that the section is in slow motion.

vertical lines indicate the speed of the video

  • You can hold and drag a bar and bring it closer to the other one to speed up the slo-mo section of the video. Bringing the lines closer indicates the video is at normal speed.
  • Once you have changed the speed, tap Done.

Tap Done to save the changes

Speed up iPhone videos using iMovie app

Here’s how you can speed up a video on iPhone with iMovie app:

  • Launch iMovie on your iPhone and start a new project.
  • Now, tap the plus sign visible at the start of the Projects screen.
  • A pop-up screen will appear where you need to select Movie.
  • Now, you can find and select the video you’re looking to speed up on iPhone. Once sleected, tap Create Movie button at the center bottom of the screen.
  • Now move the playhead to the start of the timeline and tap to select the video. At this point, you’ll see the timeline highlighted in yellow color.
  • Look at the bottom of the screen and you’ll find the Speed icon. Tap the Speed icon and a sliding bar will appear with a tortoise on its left side and a hare on the right side.
  • To speed up the time-lapse video, move the slider to the right side.
  • Now click the Play button to preview and then tap Done.

After increasing the speed of the video on iPhone, you can save it or share on your social media accounts or with your friends via messaging apps.

Bonus Tip: How to Change up the speed of a video in Wondershare Filmora

In case you have a video stored on your computer and you need to adjust its speed, you can use Wondershare Filmora.

With Wondershare Filmora, you have the ability to adjust a video’s speed. Flipping through your editing options will reveal your options for doing so. You can increase or decrease the speed of the video with just a few simple clicks.

There are plenty of options around how much you can speed up/down. In fact, you can set a custom speed.

Let’s see how you can slow down and speed up a video using Wondershare Filmora.

How to speed a video up with Filmora

Follow these steps to increase the speed of the video using Wondershare Filmora:

  • Download and install Wondershare Filmora on your computer.
  • Launch Filmora and click the on new project, or you can just drag and drop the file that you want to edit.

“Launch the WonderShare Filmora”

  • Click the Import button to load your file or drag and drop the file directly.

tap the Import button and select file from the browse file window

  • Once imported, you need to drag the file to the timeline.

drag the media file to the timeline

  • Now that the video is on timeline, you need to click the Speed icon and select the Fast option. You can increase the speed by 2x, 4x, 8x, and so on. You can also set a custom speed using Custom Speed option.

tap the Speed button and select the speed

  • Save the file and use it the way you want.

How to slow down a video using Filmora

To slow down a video using Filmora, you need to follow the below steps:

  • Make sure you have Wondershare Filmora installed on your computer.
  • Launch Filmora and click the Import button. The browse file window will appear where you need to select the file you want to slow down. You can also drag and drop the file directly.
  • Once imported to the media library, drag the file to the timeline.
  • Now that the video is on the timeline, click the Speed icon. Since you want to slow down the video, select the Slow option. Filmora lets you slow down a video by 0.5x, 0.25x, 0.1x, 0.05x, and 0.01x. You can also set a custom speed.
  • Now, click the Render button to apply the settings.
  • Save the file and use it the way you want.

Conclusion

That’s really it! Changing video playback speed on your iPhone couldn’t be simpler, and it will help you save time by leaving you with shorter videos to edit.

We explained the step-by-step process to let you know how to slow down a video on iPhone or speed it up. With the help of a built-in method to speed up slo-mo video and using apps like iMovie and Filmora, you can easily speed up or slow down videos on your iPhone.

When it comes to changing the video’s speed on your computer, Wondershare Filmora is an excellent choice.

We hope this guide helps you to change the speed of videos on your iPhone – without scratching your head.

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Do you want to know how to slow down a video on iPhone? Or maybe you want to know how to speed a video up on iPhone.

There might be times you need to speed up or slow down a video that you shoot on iPhone. There are apps and built-in option that allows you to adjust the video’s speed.

This guide will help you out of this problem with step by step process to speed up and slow down iPhone videos.

Let’s get started.

Best Free App for Changing Video Speed on iPhone

Want to know how to slow a video down on iPhone or speed it up? There are numerous apps that let you do this, but not all of them are free and intuitive. However, there’s one such option that stands out from the crowd for its free access and variety of other video editing tools.

Wondershare Filmora is an iOS app available on Apple App Store. You can download the app and install it on your iPhone.

It is essentially a video editing app with an intuitive interface. It can help you speed up videos, slow down videos, or record slowmo iPhone videos that can be shared on social media platforms.

In addition to changing video speed, you can do some basic video editing as well. It includes text effects, stickers effects, music, PIP, and more.

How to Slow Down A Video on iPhone?

Looking for how to slow down a video on iPhone? Keep reading and you’ll find out shortly exactly how to do it.

Have you ever seen a movie trailer and thought that the slow-motion effect looked really cool? Well, you can get the same effect on any of your videos. You can even reverse the effect and speed up your video to create some interesting video effects.

Whatever your reason for slowing down a video, it’s easy to change the speed of your clip using iMovie on iPhone.

Here’s how you can do it:

  • You need to have iMovie app installed on your iPhone. If it’s already installed, launch iMovie on your iPhone and start a new project.
  • Now, tap the plus sign that’s at the start of the Projects screen.

tap the plus button on the Projects screen

  • Now, a pop-up window will appear where you need to select Movie.

Select Movie in the New Project screen

  • Now, find and select the video you want to slow down and tap Create Movie button at the center bottom of the screen.

tap Create Movie

  • Now move the playhead to the start of the timeline and tap to select the video. At this point, you’ll see the timeline highlighted in yellow color.
  • Look at the bottom of the screen and you’ll find the Speed button with the speedometer icon. Tap the Speed icon and a sliding bar will appear.

tap the Speed icon

  • To slow down the video, move the sliding bar to the left side, which’s towards the tortoise. It indicates that the speed of the video will decrease.

Move the slider backward to slow down

  • Now click the Play button to preview and then tap Done.

How to Speed Up Videos on iPhone?

Do you want to know how to speed up a video on iPhone? Keep reading to find out.

There are plenty of reasons why you might want to speed up a video. Maybe it’s an educational video that is really slow and boring or it has been recorded in slo-mo. It might be the reason that the video is long and slow, and your audience will get bored midway.

Whatever the reason, speeding up a video is easy to do on iPhone.

Let’s look into two different methods to speed up video on iPhone.

The first method works for videos originally recorded in slo-mo mode on iPhone.

Speed up slo-mo videos using the Photos app

The easiest way to speed up slo-mo videos is using the Photos app that comes pre-installed on iPhone.

Just follow these steps to speed up slo-mo videos:

  • Open the Photos app on your iPhone.
  • Tap Albums.
  • Now, scroll down and tap Slo-mo.

Tap Slo-mo

  • Tap the slo-mo video you want to speed up.
  • Once the video is open, tap Edit.
  • You’ll see a set of vertical lines on the bottom of the screen. The vertical lines indicate the video’s speed at that point. Closer lines mean normal speed and a wider distance between lines indicates that the section is in slow motion.

vertical lines indicate the speed of the video

  • You can hold and drag a bar and bring it closer to the other one to speed up the slo-mo section of the video. Bringing the lines closer indicates the video is at normal speed.
  • Once you have changed the speed, tap Done.

Tap Done to save the changes

Speed up iPhone videos using iMovie app

Here’s how you can speed up a video on iPhone with iMovie app:

  • Launch iMovie on your iPhone and start a new project.
  • Now, tap the plus sign visible at the start of the Projects screen.
  • A pop-up screen will appear where you need to select Movie.
  • Now, you can find and select the video you’re looking to speed up on iPhone. Once sleected, tap Create Movie button at the center bottom of the screen.
  • Now move the playhead to the start of the timeline and tap to select the video. At this point, you’ll see the timeline highlighted in yellow color.
  • Look at the bottom of the screen and you’ll find the Speed icon. Tap the Speed icon and a sliding bar will appear with a tortoise on its left side and a hare on the right side.
  • To speed up the time-lapse video, move the slider to the right side.
  • Now click the Play button to preview and then tap Done.

After increasing the speed of the video on iPhone, you can save it or share on your social media accounts or with your friends via messaging apps.

Bonus Tip: How to Change up the speed of a video in Wondershare Filmora

In case you have a video stored on your computer and you need to adjust its speed, you can use Wondershare Filmora.

With Wondershare Filmora, you have the ability to adjust a video’s speed. Flipping through your editing options will reveal your options for doing so. You can increase or decrease the speed of the video with just a few simple clicks.

There are plenty of options around how much you can speed up/down. In fact, you can set a custom speed.

Let’s see how you can slow down and speed up a video using Wondershare Filmora.

How to speed a video up with Filmora

Follow these steps to increase the speed of the video using Wondershare Filmora:

  • Download and install Wondershare Filmora on your computer.
  • Launch Filmora and click the on new project, or you can just drag and drop the file that you want to edit.

“Launch the WonderShare Filmora”

  • Click the Import button to load your file or drag and drop the file directly.

tap the Import button and select file from the browse file window

  • Once imported, you need to drag the file to the timeline.

drag the media file to the timeline

  • Now that the video is on timeline, you need to click the Speed icon and select the Fast option. You can increase the speed by 2x, 4x, 8x, and so on. You can also set a custom speed using Custom Speed option.

tap the Speed button and select the speed

  • Save the file and use it the way you want.

How to slow down a video using Filmora

To slow down a video using Filmora, you need to follow the below steps:

  • Make sure you have Wondershare Filmora installed on your computer.
  • Launch Filmora and click the Import button. The browse file window will appear where you need to select the file you want to slow down. You can also drag and drop the file directly.
  • Once imported to the media library, drag the file to the timeline.
  • Now that the video is on the timeline, click the Speed icon. Since you want to slow down the video, select the Slow option. Filmora lets you slow down a video by 0.5x, 0.25x, 0.1x, 0.05x, and 0.01x. You can also set a custom speed.
  • Now, click the Render button to apply the settings.
  • Save the file and use it the way you want.

Conclusion

That’s really it! Changing video playback speed on your iPhone couldn’t be simpler, and it will help you save time by leaving you with shorter videos to edit.

We explained the step-by-step process to let you know how to slow down a video on iPhone or speed it up. With the help of a built-in method to speed up slo-mo video and using apps like iMovie and Filmora, you can easily speed up or slow down videos on your iPhone.

When it comes to changing the video’s speed on your computer, Wondershare Filmora is an excellent choice.

We hope this guide helps you to change the speed of videos on your iPhone – without scratching your head.

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Do you want to know how to slow down a video on iPhone? Or maybe you want to know how to speed a video up on iPhone.

There might be times you need to speed up or slow down a video that you shoot on iPhone. There are apps and built-in option that allows you to adjust the video’s speed.

This guide will help you out of this problem with step by step process to speed up and slow down iPhone videos.

Let’s get started.

Best Free App for Changing Video Speed on iPhone

Want to know how to slow a video down on iPhone or speed it up? There are numerous apps that let you do this, but not all of them are free and intuitive. However, there’s one such option that stands out from the crowd for its free access and variety of other video editing tools.

Wondershare Filmora is an iOS app available on Apple App Store. You can download the app and install it on your iPhone.

It is essentially a video editing app with an intuitive interface. It can help you speed up videos, slow down videos, or record slowmo iPhone videos that can be shared on social media platforms.

In addition to changing video speed, you can do some basic video editing as well. It includes text effects, stickers effects, music, PIP, and more.

How to Slow Down A Video on iPhone?

Looking for how to slow down a video on iPhone? Keep reading and you’ll find out shortly exactly how to do it.

Have you ever seen a movie trailer and thought that the slow-motion effect looked really cool? Well, you can get the same effect on any of your videos. You can even reverse the effect and speed up your video to create some interesting video effects.

Whatever your reason for slowing down a video, it’s easy to change the speed of your clip using iMovie on iPhone.

Here’s how you can do it:

  • You need to have iMovie app installed on your iPhone. If it’s already installed, launch iMovie on your iPhone and start a new project.
  • Now, tap the plus sign that’s at the start of the Projects screen.

tap the plus button on the Projects screen

  • Now, a pop-up window will appear where you need to select Movie.

Select Movie in the New Project screen

  • Now, find and select the video you want to slow down and tap Create Movie button at the center bottom of the screen.

tap Create Movie

  • Now move the playhead to the start of the timeline and tap to select the video. At this point, you’ll see the timeline highlighted in yellow color.
  • Look at the bottom of the screen and you’ll find the Speed button with the speedometer icon. Tap the Speed icon and a sliding bar will appear.

tap the Speed icon

  • To slow down the video, move the sliding bar to the left side, which’s towards the tortoise. It indicates that the speed of the video will decrease.

Move the slider backward to slow down

  • Now click the Play button to preview and then tap Done.

How to Speed Up Videos on iPhone?

Do you want to know how to speed up a video on iPhone? Keep reading to find out.

There are plenty of reasons why you might want to speed up a video. Maybe it’s an educational video that is really slow and boring or it has been recorded in slo-mo. It might be the reason that the video is long and slow, and your audience will get bored midway.

Whatever the reason, speeding up a video is easy to do on iPhone.

Let’s look into two different methods to speed up video on iPhone.

The first method works for videos originally recorded in slo-mo mode on iPhone.

Speed up slo-mo videos using the Photos app

The easiest way to speed up slo-mo videos is using the Photos app that comes pre-installed on iPhone.

Just follow these steps to speed up slo-mo videos:

  • Open the Photos app on your iPhone.
  • Tap Albums.
  • Now, scroll down and tap Slo-mo.

Tap Slo-mo

  • Tap the slo-mo video you want to speed up.
  • Once the video is open, tap Edit.
  • You’ll see a set of vertical lines on the bottom of the screen. The vertical lines indicate the video’s speed at that point. Closer lines mean normal speed and a wider distance between lines indicates that the section is in slow motion.

vertical lines indicate the speed of the video

  • You can hold and drag a bar and bring it closer to the other one to speed up the slo-mo section of the video. Bringing the lines closer indicates the video is at normal speed.
  • Once you have changed the speed, tap Done.

Tap Done to save the changes

Speed up iPhone videos using iMovie app

Here’s how you can speed up a video on iPhone with iMovie app:

  • Launch iMovie on your iPhone and start a new project.
  • Now, tap the plus sign visible at the start of the Projects screen.
  • A pop-up screen will appear where you need to select Movie.
  • Now, you can find and select the video you’re looking to speed up on iPhone. Once sleected, tap Create Movie button at the center bottom of the screen.
  • Now move the playhead to the start of the timeline and tap to select the video. At this point, you’ll see the timeline highlighted in yellow color.
  • Look at the bottom of the screen and you’ll find the Speed icon. Tap the Speed icon and a sliding bar will appear with a tortoise on its left side and a hare on the right side.
  • To speed up the time-lapse video, move the slider to the right side.
  • Now click the Play button to preview and then tap Done.

After increasing the speed of the video on iPhone, you can save it or share on your social media accounts or with your friends via messaging apps.

Bonus Tip: How to Change up the speed of a video in Wondershare Filmora

In case you have a video stored on your computer and you need to adjust its speed, you can use Wondershare Filmora.

With Wondershare Filmora, you have the ability to adjust a video’s speed. Flipping through your editing options will reveal your options for doing so. You can increase or decrease the speed of the video with just a few simple clicks.

There are plenty of options around how much you can speed up/down. In fact, you can set a custom speed.

Let’s see how you can slow down and speed up a video using Wondershare Filmora.

How to speed a video up with Filmora

Follow these steps to increase the speed of the video using Wondershare Filmora:

  • Download and install Wondershare Filmora on your computer.
  • Launch Filmora and click the on new project, or you can just drag and drop the file that you want to edit.

“Launch the WonderShare Filmora”

  • Click the Import button to load your file or drag and drop the file directly.

tap the Import button and select file from the browse file window

  • Once imported, you need to drag the file to the timeline.

drag the media file to the timeline

  • Now that the video is on timeline, you need to click the Speed icon and select the Fast option. You can increase the speed by 2x, 4x, 8x, and so on. You can also set a custom speed using Custom Speed option.

tap the Speed button and select the speed

  • Save the file and use it the way you want.

How to slow down a video using Filmora

To slow down a video using Filmora, you need to follow the below steps:

  • Make sure you have Wondershare Filmora installed on your computer.
  • Launch Filmora and click the Import button. The browse file window will appear where you need to select the file you want to slow down. You can also drag and drop the file directly.
  • Once imported to the media library, drag the file to the timeline.
  • Now that the video is on the timeline, click the Speed icon. Since you want to slow down the video, select the Slow option. Filmora lets you slow down a video by 0.5x, 0.25x, 0.1x, 0.05x, and 0.01x. You can also set a custom speed.
  • Now, click the Render button to apply the settings.
  • Save the file and use it the way you want.

Conclusion

That’s really it! Changing video playback speed on your iPhone couldn’t be simpler, and it will help you save time by leaving you with shorter videos to edit.

We explained the step-by-step process to let you know how to slow down a video on iPhone or speed it up. With the help of a built-in method to speed up slo-mo video and using apps like iMovie and Filmora, you can easily speed up or slow down videos on your iPhone.

When it comes to changing the video’s speed on your computer, Wondershare Filmora is an excellent choice.

We hope this guide helps you to change the speed of videos on your iPhone – without scratching your head.

Try It Free Try It Free

Try It Free Try It Free

Do you want to know how to slow down a video on iPhone? Or maybe you want to know how to speed a video up on iPhone.

There might be times you need to speed up or slow down a video that you shoot on iPhone. There are apps and built-in option that allows you to adjust the video’s speed.

This guide will help you out of this problem with step by step process to speed up and slow down iPhone videos.

Let’s get started.

Best Free App for Changing Video Speed on iPhone

Want to know how to slow a video down on iPhone or speed it up? There are numerous apps that let you do this, but not all of them are free and intuitive. However, there’s one such option that stands out from the crowd for its free access and variety of other video editing tools.

Wondershare Filmora is an iOS app available on Apple App Store. You can download the app and install it on your iPhone.

It is essentially a video editing app with an intuitive interface. It can help you speed up videos, slow down videos, or record slowmo iPhone videos that can be shared on social media platforms.

In addition to changing video speed, you can do some basic video editing as well. It includes text effects, stickers effects, music, PIP, and more.

How to Slow Down A Video on iPhone?

Looking for how to slow down a video on iPhone? Keep reading and you’ll find out shortly exactly how to do it.

Have you ever seen a movie trailer and thought that the slow-motion effect looked really cool? Well, you can get the same effect on any of your videos. You can even reverse the effect and speed up your video to create some interesting video effects.

Whatever your reason for slowing down a video, it’s easy to change the speed of your clip using iMovie on iPhone.

Here’s how you can do it:

  • You need to have iMovie app installed on your iPhone. If it’s already installed, launch iMovie on your iPhone and start a new project.
  • Now, tap the plus sign that’s at the start of the Projects screen.

tap the plus button on the Projects screen

  • Now, a pop-up window will appear where you need to select Movie.

Select Movie in the New Project screen

  • Now, find and select the video you want to slow down and tap Create Movie button at the center bottom of the screen.

tap Create Movie

  • Now move the playhead to the start of the timeline and tap to select the video. At this point, you’ll see the timeline highlighted in yellow color.
  • Look at the bottom of the screen and you’ll find the Speed button with the speedometer icon. Tap the Speed icon and a sliding bar will appear.

tap the Speed icon

  • To slow down the video, move the sliding bar to the left side, which’s towards the tortoise. It indicates that the speed of the video will decrease.

Move the slider backward to slow down

  • Now click the Play button to preview and then tap Done.

How to Speed Up Videos on iPhone?

Do you want to know how to speed up a video on iPhone? Keep reading to find out.

There are plenty of reasons why you might want to speed up a video. Maybe it’s an educational video that is really slow and boring or it has been recorded in slo-mo. It might be the reason that the video is long and slow, and your audience will get bored midway.

Whatever the reason, speeding up a video is easy to do on iPhone.

Let’s look into two different methods to speed up video on iPhone.

The first method works for videos originally recorded in slo-mo mode on iPhone.

Speed up slo-mo videos using the Photos app

The easiest way to speed up slo-mo videos is using the Photos app that comes pre-installed on iPhone.

Just follow these steps to speed up slo-mo videos:

  • Open the Photos app on your iPhone.
  • Tap Albums.
  • Now, scroll down and tap Slo-mo.

Tap Slo-mo

  • Tap the slo-mo video you want to speed up.
  • Once the video is open, tap Edit.
  • You’ll see a set of vertical lines on the bottom of the screen. The vertical lines indicate the video’s speed at that point. Closer lines mean normal speed and a wider distance between lines indicates that the section is in slow motion.

vertical lines indicate the speed of the video

  • You can hold and drag a bar and bring it closer to the other one to speed up the slo-mo section of the video. Bringing the lines closer indicates the video is at normal speed.
  • Once you have changed the speed, tap Done.

Tap Done to save the changes

Speed up iPhone videos using iMovie app

Here’s how you can speed up a video on iPhone with iMovie app:

  • Launch iMovie on your iPhone and start a new project.
  • Now, tap the plus sign visible at the start of the Projects screen.
  • A pop-up screen will appear where you need to select Movie.
  • Now, you can find and select the video you’re looking to speed up on iPhone. Once sleected, tap Create Movie button at the center bottom of the screen.
  • Now move the playhead to the start of the timeline and tap to select the video. At this point, you’ll see the timeline highlighted in yellow color.
  • Look at the bottom of the screen and you’ll find the Speed icon. Tap the Speed icon and a sliding bar will appear with a tortoise on its left side and a hare on the right side.
  • To speed up the time-lapse video, move the slider to the right side.
  • Now click the Play button to preview and then tap Done.

After increasing the speed of the video on iPhone, you can save it or share on your social media accounts or with your friends via messaging apps.

Bonus Tip: How to Change up the speed of a video in Wondershare Filmora

In case you have a video stored on your computer and you need to adjust its speed, you can use Wondershare Filmora.

With Wondershare Filmora, you have the ability to adjust a video’s speed. Flipping through your editing options will reveal your options for doing so. You can increase or decrease the speed of the video with just a few simple clicks.

There are plenty of options around how much you can speed up/down. In fact, you can set a custom speed.

Let’s see how you can slow down and speed up a video using Wondershare Filmora.

How to speed a video up with Filmora

Follow these steps to increase the speed of the video using Wondershare Filmora:

  • Download and install Wondershare Filmora on your computer.
  • Launch Filmora and click the on new project, or you can just drag and drop the file that you want to edit.

“Launch the WonderShare Filmora”

  • Click the Import button to load your file or drag and drop the file directly.

tap the Import button and select file from the browse file window

  • Once imported, you need to drag the file to the timeline.

drag the media file to the timeline

  • Now that the video is on timeline, you need to click the Speed icon and select the Fast option. You can increase the speed by 2x, 4x, 8x, and so on. You can also set a custom speed using Custom Speed option.

tap the Speed button and select the speed

  • Save the file and use it the way you want.

How to slow down a video using Filmora

To slow down a video using Filmora, you need to follow the below steps:

  • Make sure you have Wondershare Filmora installed on your computer.
  • Launch Filmora and click the Import button. The browse file window will appear where you need to select the file you want to slow down. You can also drag and drop the file directly.
  • Once imported to the media library, drag the file to the timeline.
  • Now that the video is on the timeline, click the Speed icon. Since you want to slow down the video, select the Slow option. Filmora lets you slow down a video by 0.5x, 0.25x, 0.1x, 0.05x, and 0.01x. You can also set a custom speed.
  • Now, click the Render button to apply the settings.
  • Save the file and use it the way you want.

Conclusion

That’s really it! Changing video playback speed on your iPhone couldn’t be simpler, and it will help you save time by leaving you with shorter videos to edit.

We explained the step-by-step process to let you know how to slow down a video on iPhone or speed it up. With the help of a built-in method to speed up slo-mo video and using apps like iMovie and Filmora, you can easily speed up or slow down videos on your iPhone.

When it comes to changing the video’s speed on your computer, Wondershare Filmora is an excellent choice.

We hope this guide helps you to change the speed of videos on your iPhone – without scratching your head.

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