How to Convert Twitter Videos to GIF [2 Practical Ways]

Updated Sep 13,2018 | by Bennie

Twitter is one of the most popular global social media. You might find some interesting moments while you are browsing tweet videos. If you want to make a GIF of Twitter video, there are 2 simple methods to convert Twitter videos to GIF.

Before converting Twitter video to GIF, we should download Twitter video first. Since Twitter doesn’t provide any options for video download, a third-party program is needed for such a mission.

Download Twitter Video with Effective Software

IOTransfer, as a user-friendly and professional iOS device manager and video converter in the market, provides so many features, in which one of them is to download videos on many popular social media webs including Twitter. Let me guide you through the simple steps.

Step 1: Free Download and install IOTransfer on your Windows 10/8/8.1/7 computer and connect your iPhone to PC with a USB cable.

If a USB cable is not carried, you can also use the AIR-TRANS feature of IOTransfer to connect your iOS device to PC without USB cable.

Step 2: Copy the Twitter video link by right-click the video.

Step 3: Open IOTransfer on your computer, click “VIDEOS” in IOTransfer and click Downloader from the menu on the left.

Step 4: Paste the link to the URL bar on IOTransfer. Tick off the box “Automatically transfer the converted video into your iOS device” under the list to save the video to the iOS device. Click “Download”.

Now the video will be shown in the Downloading list, click “Downloading” and check your process. Within a short time, you can check it by click “Finished”.

After downloading the video, the conversion should be started now.

Simple Ways to Convert Twitter video to GIF on Your iOS Device.

Step 1: Install GIPHY CAM on your iPhone and open it.

Step 2: Tapping the “Camera roll icon” and upload the video.

Step 3: Click the white arrow icon and you can add any filters effects or edit it as you wish.

Step 4: Tap “NEXT” to save the GIF.

If you don’t want to install any software while converting Twitter videos to GIF, the method 2 will be much more suitable for you. You can finish all the steps online. Read the steps and see more details!

Step 1: Visit https://twdownload.com/ on a browser like Chrome and IE.

Step 2: Copy the Twitter video link, paste it to the bar, and click on “Download”

Step 3: Choose the video resolution you want, right-click the “Download Link” icon and copy the link.

Step 4: Add a new tab on your browser and visit https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif

Step 5: Paste the link to the QR bar.

Step 6: Click “Upload video!”

Step 7: Choose the start and end time you want to show in the GIF.

Step 8: In this page, you can edit the GIF. After that, click “save” and the GIF will be downloaded to your PC. 

Now you have successfully downloaded the Twitter video in GIF. Besides, if you need to save the GIF to your iPhone, there is a simple and convenient way to do so.

How to Save GIF to iPhone

As mentioned above, IOTransfer has so many excellent features. One of them is to transfer photos.

Step 1: Open IOTransfer and connect your iOS device to PC via lightning cable.

Step 2: Click “MANAGE” from the top menu and go to the Photo section.

Step 3: Select an album that you want to save the GIF to and click “Import” to select the GIF file.

Step 4: Click “OK” to save the GIF to your iPhone.

Meanwhile, if a lightning cable is not carried, IOTransfer also allows you to transfer files to iPhone wirelessly. You can use the AIR-TRANS feature of IOTransfer to transfer the GIF.

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