How to publish a GIF on Twitter

In this article we will explain how to publish a GIF on Twitter, although it must be clarified that at the moment it is not a general option, but only for those who use the applications of this social network for iOS or Android. It's good news for fans of these colorful animations, which are currently not admitted by major social networks. So you can start using them in the microblogging network, in .com we explain how to publish a GIF on Twitter.

Steps to follow:

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First, we will explain how to publish a GIF on Twitter using the application for Android in a Motorola Moto G, although it should be noted that it is done the same in the rest of the smartphones with this operating system and even in iOS. Similarly, if you want to publish from the Twitter website through your browser, the procedure will be the same.

So, the first thing you have to do is open your app as you normally do and click on the icon that allows you to publish a new tweet, that is, the one that has a pen shape.

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Next, you will have to press on the icon with a drawing of a camera to add the animated GIF that you want to publish on Twitter. In the previous step, you could also have directly chosen this option.

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Search the GIF in your gallery or in any other location where you would have saved it; you will be able to recognize it because a label will appear that will indicate that it is a GIF file, with which it will be very easy to locate it among all your images.

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Next, write the text that interests you that accompanies the GIF that you will post on Twitter, and then click on the 'Tweet' button that allows you to post tweets on your timeline . Remember that in this microblogging network you will only have 140 characters.

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Once the tweet is published with the animated GIF, you can check the movement of the image. Note that automatically Twitter will convert the GIFs into videos, so that the symbol of 'play' will appear to play them.

Now that you can publish GIF in T witter, you're sure to know how to create a GIF in Photoshop or with your webcam.