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capture methods. Move the selection box where you
want to capture the GIF, and check your quality setting
at the bottom. Hit record when you’re ready to go,
and stop when you’ve recorded what you want. You
can then draw directly on top of the GIF, and save or
share the resulting animation. Bottom line: it’s one
of the quickest, most convenient tools around for
making animated GIFs.- Using Note8 handwriting input
The S Pen makes drawing and annotating a breeze,
but what about inputting text? Samsung has built
handwriting input into the core of the Note8, so you
can use the S Pen in almost any text field. To open
handwriting input mode, simply hover the S Pen
over a text field and tap the blue icon that appears.
Note8 Smart Select: come for regular image cropping (as
shown here), but stay for the simple animation creation