Easy Gifer

Easy Gifer — a name that gives away the entire purpose of this tool. And this is not a bad idea, as a program should be as suggestive as possible right from the start, so the user can create an idea about what it can do, with as much effort as possible. This is the exact case with Easy Gifer, which provides an easy-to-use UI for anyone looking to transform all types of video formats into GIFs.

Most video converters have large or medium-sized UIs with more than a couple of buttons and sliders to them. Easy Gifer is not matching that description though. This tool's approach to what a dashboard should look like is very relaxed. Launching the program props up a tiny video selector. Once you load up the clip, the rest of the dashboard is revealed.

The options provided by Easy Gifer are fairly straightforward. You have a video trimmer and a duration selector to work with. To activate the trimming function, one must check the Start at: box. From there, all you have to do is to select the interval you wish to isolate out of a larger clip. If the whole video is up for conversion, keep that box unchecked.

Lastly, a speed-changing slider is put at your disposal. Use this feature to determine the speed of your GIF. You can create slow GIFs down to 0.1x speed, or fast ones up to 3.0x.

Easy Gifer is advertised as a "somewhat" portable utility. How so? Well, if you unzip the archive, you can directly launch the app, skipping the installation process. However, the only condition for the app to work is to keep the ffmpeg executable inside the source directory.

For the most part, Easy Gifer is a forthright tool, without too many bells and whistles. It could be the perfect solution for individuals who do not want to bother with overwhelming programs for such a simple conversion process.