iCreate - UK (2020-04)

Giphy

Use GIFs as an

animated watchface

Bring your watchface to life by taking your pick from

hundredsof thousandsof GIFs

A

s well as being able to choose from lots of built-

in watchfaces on your Apple Watch – including

MickeyandMinnieMouse,of course– youcan

alsouseanyof thephotosyou’vesavedtoyourCamera

Roll.Butwhatif you’vespotteda GIFthatyouthinkwill

lookgreatonyourwrist?Well,thankstoa handyfunction

in theGiphyapp,youcanopenyourWatchuptoanyGIF

thatyoucomeacrossaswell.

Doingsois ratherstraightforwardonceyou’velearned

how.In essence,it’ssimplya matterof convertinga

GIFtoa LivePhoto– a functionthatis actuallybuiltinto

Giphywhichreallytakesthestingoutof anotherwise

cumbersomeprocess.Fromthere,youjustneedtomake

a smalleditingtweakin Photosandthenswitchtothe

Watchappforthefinalsteps.Sure,it entailsa fairbitof

tappingaroundand,granted,it involvestheuseof three

appsbuttheendresultscancertainlylookgreat.

Step-by-step Produce livephotosfrom GIFs

1

Finda GIF

InstallGiphy– anappthathaslotsof GIFs

andmakesit easyto savethemasa livephoto,

Nowlaunchtheappandlookfora GIFyou’d

liketo useonyourAppleWatch.

2

ConverttheGIF

TaptheGIFandselectthethree-dot

menuto thebottom-rightof theimage.Thiswill

showyoua rangeof optionsincludingtheone

thatwewant:Convertto LivePhoto.

3

SavetoPhotos

Choosebetweensavingthelivephotoas

a full-screenimagewhichwilltakeuptheentire

displayor elsefit to screen,whichaddsblack

bars.Trythefirstoptionfornow.

YoucancreateuniquewatchfacesusingtheGiphyapp...

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Timeneeded

Developer

Giphy, Inc

Difficulty

Crop your GIFs into a square

Given the shape of the Apple Watch screen,

we would advise looking for a square GIF. If

the one you choose is rectangular, however,

don’t worry. When you convert the GIF into a

Live Photo and launch it in the Photos app,

immediately tap ‘Edit’ and select the Crop

tool. Then tap the Aspect Ratio button at the

top of the screen and choose ‘Square’ from

the options. You can then go on to select the

last frame as ‘Make Key Photo’.

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