Turn a screen recording into a GIF
GIFs autoplay in places video files don't: GitHub pull requests, README files, Notion docs and chat windows. ReelCap Pro exports a recording as a GIF right in the preview tab — capped at 720 px wide and 10–15 fps so the file stays small enough to actually post — and the conversion runs entirely in your browser.
Doing it without an extension
- 1Record your clip and download the video file.
- 2Upload it to an online video-to-GIF converter, or install ffmpeg and use its two-pass palette filters.
- 3Experiment with width, frame rate and colors until the file size is acceptable.
- 4Download the GIF and check it actually loops the way you expect.
Where that falls short
- Online converters mean uploading your recording to a stranger's server — the opposite of recording locally.
- GIF bloats fast: a naive conversion of a 30-second clip easily lands at tens of megabytes.
- ffmpeg's palettegen/paletteuse incantation is famously hard to remember and easy to get wrong.
Doing it with ReelCap
- 1Record in ReelCap as usual and open the preview tab.
- 2Press Export GIF and pick a width and frame rate — the caps keep the file shareable.
- 3Wait a moment while your browser samples frames and encodes the GIF locally.
- 4Download it and drop it straight into the PR, doc or chat.
Every step happens in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, and the export carries no watermark.