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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a gif" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a specific animated image format commonly used on the internet.
Example: "I found a funny gif that perfectly captures my reaction to the news."
Alternatives: "an animated image" or "a graphic interchange format".
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Using a GIF creator or an image editing program, create a GIF (animated picture) of the two images at a very high speed.
"It's basically like a GIF file.
There's a gif on the screen.
Once again you can find it in a gif.
Edward Snowden tweeted this dramatic moment as a gif.
I built a GIF to reflect my groundbreaking adventures here".
And sometimes it's a GIF that people have to watch blink slowly, over and over?
A colleague just sent me a gif which is so good that I'm actually crying.
Watching a gif is passive consolation, but it's possible to use the internet for active change.
It seemed to us perfect: the 2013 election campaign, in a gif.
At Gizmodo, a GIF shows how much bigger Hurricane Sandy is than Hurricane Irene.
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