Make some people tweet on Twitter only with text is felt to be lacking so you need to add photos or GIFs. The good news is, Twitter has just released a feature that makes it easy for users to create their own GIFs directly from the phone's camera.
iOS users can now create GIFs directly from the camera in the Twitter app. Although Twitter already has its own GIF database, the available options may not suit the user's taste. Therefore, this new feature will really help users to express themselves.
"We see GIF capture as a feature that gives people a media-forward way to express themselves creatively," said a Twitter spokesperson.
"For our creators, GIF capture will also serve as a new tool for producing entertaining content for their audience on Twitter."
How to make a Twitter GIF with your phone's camera is very easy, just like uploading a normal photo. But keep in mind, this feature is currently only available on iOS.
How to make a GIF on Twitter with a cellphone camera:
Open the Twitter app
Tap the '+' button to create a new tweet, or tap the speech bubble below someone else's tweet to reply to it
Tap the camera icon then. You will be faced with three choices, namely photos, videos and GIFs
Select the GIF option, shoot the object you want to capture, then press the red record button. Twitter will stop recording videos automatically in a few seconds and create your GIF
Choose how to play your GIF by tapping one of the two arrows at the top of the screen. The arrows pointing to the right will make the GIF replay from the beginning, while the arrows pointing to the left and right will play the video as usual and then rewind, just like the Instagram Boomerang
Tap 'Use GIF' then type the contents of your tweet and upload the tweet as usual.
Once the GIF is complete, Twitter will automatically save it to your phone's camera roll. Twitter doesn't provide the option to edit GIFs, but since they can be saved on your phone, you can edit them using other apps.
Currently, the feature for creating GIFs on Twitter is only available on iOS. A Twitter spokesperson confirmed that this feature will be available on Twitter for Android in the near future, but they did not provide an estimated release date.