How to record and share screen recordings as gifs

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Introduction

When you need to explain how a project should work, the best way is to make a screen recording of the stage. This short article will explain which tools you can use to record the screen, and also how to share the gif file to get a URL for it.

Screen Recording on Windows

If you are using a Windows computer, we recommend a free tool named “ScreenToGif”, which you can download here: https://www.screentogif.com/

Here is a short video explaining how to use it: https://www.yo utube.com/watch?v=ELfCBzN1Mtc

Screen Recording on Macbook

If you are using a Macbook, you can use a free tool called “Giphy Capture”: https://giphy.com/apps/giphycapture

Here is a short video showing how to use it: https://www.yo utube.com/watch?v=m-4cJMBGfS4

Share your gif file

Once your gif file is ready, you can share it this way:

Go to the “My Stuff” page at https://play.creaticode.com/mystuff, and make sure you are logged in.
Select “My Files” tab on the bottom left
Click the “+Share a New File” button on the top right
In the pop up window, click “Click to upload file”, and then select the gif file from your computer.
Click the green button that says “upload and share with the CC Attribution license” at the bottom.

After that, you will see the new file in the list of files, and then you can click “Copy file URL” button for that file, which will copy the URL to the clipboard, which would look like this: https://ccdn.creaticode.com/user-files/BfemEPCxatY6MMAPs/castfireball.gif