How to save a GIF from Twitter?

The graphic interchange format called GIF is nothing new. But downloading it from a social media platform like Twitter is not easy. Because there is no option to save a GIF from Twitter. As we get on another website. As with most sites, you just need to right click and you get the save image option. However, Twitter officially allows users to post GIFs through the GIPHY platform. GIPHY is basically a GIF search engine. Where you just need to type in a few simple words like Accept, Applause, Dance, Goodbye. And, GIPHY will display all GIFs associated with those keywords. And, Twitter has integrated GIPHY into its platform.

On Twitter, when a user uploads a GIF, it’s automatically converted to .mp4 video format. Twitter displays it as a GIF, but actually it is a video file. Even if you right-click on a GIF on Twitter, it will show you “Copy Video Address”. And, in the lower left corner, it shows a written GIF. This is because video files are generally smaller compared to GIFs and easier to interact with.

So even if you are using a Twitter Gif downloader. It will first download the GIF in mp4 format. After that it will convert Mp4 to GIF for you. I think, instead of going through all these technicalities. You want to know “how to save a GIF from Twitter”. That’s why, in this article, I’m going to tell you several methods to download GIFs from Twitter. You can use any method, depending on your ease.

How to save a GIF from Twitter.

Method 1: EZGIF – Best Twitter GIF Downloader.

EZGIF is an online GIF Maker tool. It helps to create a GIF using multiple images. The size of the GIF file is too big?. Don’t worry, EZGIF will help you compress GIF using its online GIF optimizer. It also allows adding text to the animated GIF. Overall, it’s a package tool you need for GIFs.

Well, the most prominent feature of this online tool is a video to GIF converter. This converts any video file to GIF format. And, as I mentioned before, all GIFs uploaded to Twitter are in Mp4 format. So, using the GIF video URL, you can download and save a GIF from Twitter.

How to save a GIF from Twitter, using EZGIF?.

1. Right-click the GIF you want to download to your computer.
2. And then click “Copy Video Address”.
3. Now open ” EZGIF Video to GIF Converter ” in any browser.

Here you will have two options. Either you can upload a video file from your PC. You can also paste the video URL.

4. Paste the URL you copied from Twitter. And then, click “Download Video”.

After clicking on the video download option, you will be able to see several tool options. (Don’t click the save button now, otherwise the mp4 file will be downloaded.) Like, reverse, cut video, speed, add subtitles. So if you want to edit the GIF. Then you can use these online tools from EZGIF.

5. If not, scroll down a bit and just click on the “Convert to GIF” option.

EZGIF will now convert mp4 video to GIF format. And, in Output GIF, you will be able to see the converted GIF file. To download this GIF, click on the Save option. (Which is displayed in the output GIF section.)

Method 2: Download GIFs to Mp4, then convert.

If for some reasons EZGIF fails to fetch the GIF video file via URL. Then this method will come in handy. The web version of Firefox and Chrome comes with a few predefined hidden options. This allows downloading any type of media file from a web page. Even in my download embedded video article, I had talked about it. You can read this article to know the complete method.

Well, if you are using Chrome web browser, then it will be a bit difficult to save a GIF from Twitter. But, in the Firefox browser, it’s super easy to download GIFs in mp4 format. (Because Twitter uses mp4 format for all uploaded GIFs.) After uploading the GIF to Mp4 format, you can use EZGIF to convert it.

How to save a GIF from Twitter using the Firefox web browser.

1. Install Firefox web browser if not installed.
2. Open Twitter and log in with your personal information. Open the Twitter GIF page you want to download. Or, if you have the URL of this GIF, you can open it directly.
3. Now right-click anywhere in the Firefox window and then click “Show Page Info” from the context menu.
4. The Page Info window opens, click on Media.

Here you can discover all the media that exist on this web page. You need to search for the video file. And, when you click on that video file in the list, the GIF preview will be shown to you.

5.  Click the Save As option, select the desktop, and then click Save. That’s it, the GIF in Mp4 format will be downloaded.

Convert Mp4 to GIF.

You just need to use the first method now. In the first method, we used Twitter GIF URL to convert mp4 to GIF. Now we have the Mp4 file to convert.

1. So open the same EZGIF Video to GIF Converter page.
2. Click “Choose File” and then select the GIF video file you downloaded. And, click download video.

Then follow the same steps (from number 4) mentioned in the first method.

Method 3: Use the Tweet2gif app.

If you are an Android user, this method is for you. There are several apps available on the Play Store. Which allows you to download GIFs from Twitter. But, the best app that works perfectly is Tweet2gif.

Copy URL – To copy GIF URL on Android devices. Open the Twitter app or open Twitter in the browser. Open the GIF tweet, tap the share icon, then tap “Copy link to tweet”.

Install Tweet2gif App on your smartphone. And open it. The user interface of this app is quite impressive. All you need to do is paste the GIF URL and then click Download GIF.

Summary – Save a GIF from Twitter

So here are the three best ways to save a GIF from Twitter. If you want to download to a computer, the first two methods will help you. I know that other Twitter GIF Downloader online tools are available. But EZGIF is the best among them. And, similarly, in Android Tweet2gif is the best app to save GIFs. That’s it. If you know any other better app or tool, please feel free to comment.

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