{"id":3400,"date":"2018-08-31T19:39:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T23:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tlsrv.net\/using-gifs-with-thinglink\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T11:19:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T15:19:55","slug":"using-gifs-with-thinglink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/using-gifs-with-thinglink\/","title":{"rendered":"ThingLink Tip: Use GIFs to bring your images to life!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Animated GIFs provide an easy way to bring tags to life and add that extra &#8220;wow factor&#8221; to your interactive images and 360 images.\u00a0 GIFs are also an effective way to communicate information, or show a product or feature in action without relying on video content.\u00a0 Not sure how to make GIFs?\u00a0\u00a0<span>You can easily create your own gifs with services like Quicktime Screen Recorder &#038;\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/makeagif.com\/\">Makeagif.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Continue reading to see four use cases of GIFs being used in ThingLinks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>1) Meet the Great White Shark:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>GIFs in this interactive image features the shark in it&#8217;s natural habitat\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" xml=\"lang\" src=\"\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1089222659054501889\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>2)\u00a0Interactive 360 product marketing:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>each hotspot reveals a GIF of this complex machine in action\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" xml=\"lang\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/mediacard\/1045195698246516739?autoplay=0&#038;autorotate=1&#038;displaytitle=1&#038;rel=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>3) Interactive data visualization:\u00a0<\/strong>each tag features the results of a research report through GIFs<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" xml=\"lang\" src=\"\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/957300268477710338\" width=\"900\" height=\"679\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>4)\u00a0Interactive Infographic:\u00a0<\/strong>the base image of this ThingLink is a GIF<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" xml=\"lang\" src=\"\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/965368041716056065\" width=\"900\" height=\"1784\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #339966;\"><br \/>Want to learn more?<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Click to schedule a 20min screen share demo\u00a0with\u00a0me at a time of your choice to learn how to use GIFs in creating interactive ThingLinks. 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