But animated GIFs aren't dying. They're metastasizing: People festoon their Tumblrs with them, pass them around in email, and use them as Twitter avatars or signatures on discussion boards.

The ancient GIF format isn’t going away anytime soon. With the birth of social media and memes, the three-decade-old format for lightweight, looping, sound-free animation has found a new lease ...

09-24-2015 TECH Yes, This GIF Takes 1,000 Years To Loop Counting from 1 to 48,140,288, this GIF needs a home for the next millenia.

Put the "Mode" setting on "Normal" and make sure the "Loop Count" is placed at 0 to create an endlessly looping GIF. Click "Create GIF" to convert the video file into an animated GIF file.

In this screen, you can set a GIF to play backward and auto-reverse, with speed controls from 0.5 to 4.0. Effectively, this allows Lively to create Boomerang-like animations that work with Live Photos ...