![]() GIFs are ubiquitous, compatible, and highly shareable on Twitter and Instagram, but I’ve also used them when recording bugs in Atlassian Jira and other trackers. Most phones and web email clients show the animation as well, but Outlook desktop users have to click through the image to see it play in their web browser because Outlook does not animate GIF pictures. These short clips are also ideal for documentation pages. It is a good idea to keep these short, because as a looping GIF picture, there’s no way to pause/rewind/fast forward for the user. The LICEcap program is transparent, and will capture anything within its own edges while recording. When you’re done, you hit stop, and your picture file is ready. ![]() It asks for a file name and then records as you do your demo. You just position it around the area you want to record, then hit record. The program itself looks like an empty window frame. Unlike video files, these small images are easy to email and share, and are ideal for quick demonstrations of about 5 to 30 seconds. LICEcap is a small utility that requires no installation, and makes it a breeze to record all or part of your screen as a small GIF animated picture. ![]() Today I’m going to share a tool I found to make it much easier. But recording and sending a video capture of your screen for a quick how-to or to demonstrate an issue is a chore. If a picture is worth 1000 words, a video must be pure gold.
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