GGIFF vs LICEcap

GGIFF is a web-based GIF editor and converter available free of charge. It accepts video, GIF, and image-series inputs, including MP4, MOV, WebM, PNG, JPG, and WebP, and can also use a pasted image or hosted media URL. Video can be trimmed, assigned an extraction frame rate, and decoded into the editor. Editing tools cover resizing, optimization, frame changes, cropping, zooming, panning, and animated crop keyframes. Background options include AI removal, chroma key, black or white removal, and replacement. Effects provide color and brightness controls, blur, sharpening, artistic treatments, distortions, and animation or frame effects. Text, image, and GIF overlays can be added, and paint layers support drawing. Exports include GIF, PNG or JPG frames, and browser-supported video; WebM is best supported and MP4 requires Chrome. Settings can be saved in .ggiff files. Twitch and 7TV presets impose stated size, dimension, aspect-ratio, and frame limits. Cross-origin videos must be downloaded first.

LICEcap captures a selected area of a Windows or macOS desktop and saves animated recordings as GIF or LCF files. During recording, the frame can be moved, recording can be paused and restarted, and an optional text message can be inserted when pausing. Shift+Space provides a global pause toggle. Capture settings include a maximum frame rate, a basic title frame, mouse-button recording and elapsed-time display. LCF is the native format; the maker says it offers higher compression than GIF, more than 256 colors per frame and more accurate timestamps. LCF recordings can play in REAPER, where they can be converted to GIF or another video format. LICEcap is GPL free software, and download packages include source code. Version 1.32 downloads for Windows and macOS are dated June 8, 2022. Listed Windows support spans XP through 11, while macOS requirements cover 10.7–12.x on Intel 64-bit or M1. The maker recommends a reasonably fast CPU and at least 1GB of RAM, especially for LCF encoding. Discussion is directed to Cockos Forums.