Making my first GIF & GIF Post Narratives !
GIFs have become a key part of our day-to-day digital communication and can be seen in every aspect of social media. Today GIFs are synonymous with short, looping, animations but GIFs started as a way of displaying still images. In early 1986 Steve Wilhite worked on the Graphics Interchange File Format, and in 1995 created the animated GIF standard. GIFs became a new form of self-expression and that created iconic memes and GIFs that we all recognize and sometimes connect to a certain time in our lives (e.g Grumpy Cat 2012 & Nyan Cat 2011) So we celebrate 30 years of GIFs and we're excited to see more of it in the future.
What did you think on the first day of the CT101?
One of my favorite YouTubers: Sabrina lilianeੈ✩‧₊˚ I was excited about this class because it's about blogging and a few students told me how good this course was and through this course I am happy to express my creative side through my girly blog posts.
Did you like hearing about the course and its creative content? How did it make you feel?
Yes, I did like hearing about this course and its creative content. I am thrilled to learn how to make gifs and creatively tell stories through prompts. These blog post's honesty makes me feel like I'm writing in a diary.
How does CT101 compare to some of your other classes so far?
CT101 compared to my other courses has been fun and stress-free, I have so much fun creating these posts!!
What are the creative potentials of this class?
The creative potential of the class is limitless.
How do you feel about learning new skills that use Internet tools?
I am happy to learn about new skills and I hope to take the skills I use from this class to help with my career in journalism.
My Thoughts ✧.*
Giphy was easier to work with than Imgur. Imgur did not allow me to make any GIFs - it repeatedly failed to upload. Giphy was easier to make a GIF but it did take a long time for the GIF to be created and to be downloaded despite it being a short YouTube clip.