Every GIF has been hand-done and emerges out of a series of deliberate decisions.” Chung believes photographers will soon see the benefit of GIFs—especially if Giphy has anything to say about it.

6. 5. Chris Christie. This clip of a random moment of Chris Christie applauding from the Republican National Convention turned out to be the most popular GIF of the whole year’s election cycle ...

It sucks the joy right out of GIF-sharing. An unoptimized GIF can look jumpy and strange and even look pixelated or jittery. The good news is that you can make fast-loading GIFs with just a few ...

About 40 percent of my first full-time job was dedicated to making GIFs—a skill I had professed to have during the interview process, and that turned out to be much harder than I thought.