Microsoft introduced that the Home windows screenshot and screencast Snipping Device utility is getting help for exporting animated GIF recordings.
This new functionality is rolling out to Home windows 11 Insiders within the Canary and Dev Channels, who’ve up to date the app to model 11.2505.21.0.
“On this replace, we’re including GIF export for display screen recordings – designed to spice up your productiveness and switch fast captures into shareable moments,” mentioned Dave Grochocki, a Principal Product Supervisor Lead at Microsoft.
“Please be aware: GIF export is restricted to movies which might be 30 seconds or much less. In case your video is longer than 30 seconds, Snipping Device will supply to export the primary 30 seconds of your video as an alternative.”
To start recording a brand new GIF, open the Snipping Device’s display screen recorder by urgent Win + Shift + R or launching the app and switching to display screen recording mode. Begin recording your display screen, and as soon as the preview opens, click on the ‘Export GIF’ button on the prime of the toolbar.
Subsequent, select low GIF high quality for a smaller measurement or top quality for a clearer recording, after which copy it on to your clipboard or reserve it to your exhausting drive.

Final month, Microsoft additionally began testing a brand new AI-powered ‘excellent screenshot’ instrument that helps exactly seize display screen content material to keep away from cropping and a shade picker utility that permits choosing shade codes utilizing HEX, RGB, or HSL values.
“As soon as activated, excellent screenshot will intelligently resize based mostly on the content material in your choice,” Grochocki mentioned on the time. “You can even shortly allow excellent screenshot by holding the Ctrl keyboard shortcut after invoking Snipping Device whereas choosing a area of your display screen.”
In April, Snipping Device was additionally up to date to embrace a Textual content Extractor characteristic that copies textual content to the clipboard with out really having to take a screenshot.
Earlier this 12 months, the corporate additionally added a draw & maintain characteristic that helps customers draw straight strains and shapes extra simply, and a trim functionality that helps regulate the beginning and finish instances of display screen recordings to chop out any pointless video snippets from their video.