Save GIF From Photos Feature - V11

Hi Guys,

There are two ways to save GIF files using the Mirror Me Software - Burst GIF and Save GIF From Photos.

Save GIF From Photos feature creates a GIF from the raw photos taken in your preset

* In order to create a fun GIF please use a preset with 3 photos or more. You can use any of the existing presets or create a new one.

How does it work?

After the Save Final Photo feature in the workflow, add another feature state and choose the Save GIF From Photos from the list of features. Once you run the preset - a GIF file will be created and will be saved automatically in the Events folder in the preset pack.

All Gif files will be saved to C:\MirrorMeBooth\Events\{Name of your Event}\gif_from_photos

* The fact that the GIF is created from the raw photos, means that if you're using a filter (Green Screen for example) - it will not be applied in the GIF, as the filter is enabled on the final photo.

 

Preview GIF From Photos:

You can preview the GIF created by the software by adding another Feature State to your workflow - Preview GIF From Photos - after the "Save GIF From Photos" state.

Save/Preview GIF From Photos Settings:

Now that you have added the Save/Preview GIF from photos feature to the workflow, you may want to adjust a few settings. In order to do that, Open the features tab and select the "GIF from photos" feature on the left side:

Preview

Time: How long the preview will be displayed

Preview WxH: Change the GIF Preview width and height

Save

Gif Width: Choose the width of the GIF file.

Gif Height: Choose the height of the GIF file.

Gif Frame Rate: Choose the frame rate of the GIF file.

Mirror Raw Image Horizontally\Vertically: Check this box to apply a mirror image on the raw photos in use to create the GIF from Photos file.

GIF Overlay File: You can load a .png file to add an overlay to the GIF file (for example your logo).

Sharing your GIF:

You can share the GIF file using your social sharing station (if you're using one) and/or send it via email\MMS*, by adding an Email\MMS Feature state.

Note: You can decide which media can be sent via email in the Features tab -> Email Feature.

 For more information about the Email feature, click here.

For more information about the MMS feature, click here.

 GIF from Photos example:

July 10th, 2019 update:

In the past few months, we had few customers reporting us on GIF files sending via Twilio and running too fast on IOS devices. We have further tested it and found that the fast presentation was affected only by:

1. Smartphone’s operating system (IOS).
2. Phone service carrier. 
3. Twilio.

As you know, Twilio allows text files up to 5MB. Having said that, some phone service carriers force even smaller sizes (for example no more than 1Mb). Therefore our tests indicate that Twilio compresses the files in order to be sent through those carriers and due to the manipulation of the GIF this undesired behavior can occur.

Hence, we came with a solution for you! What we recommend, is if you wish to share your short GIF use the “Video From Photos” instead of using the “GIF From Photos” feature, which will create a short .mp4 file that is smaller in size, has higher quality, sent faster, and has no problem with Twilio conversion. Mirror Me Software supports sending mp4 via MMS so you don’t need to worry about it.  Hope this helps! Exciting times!