How to Download YouTube Videos as GIF?

YouTube to GIF Downloader - Download YouTube Video as GIF on Mac and Windows

Most of video fans know that YouTube is the most popular video website and you can find nearly any needed video file on it. If you have found one interesting YouTube video file and want to save it as GIF format file can you do that? Well, YouTube natively does not allow anyone to download its videos and you will need a third YouTube downloader to download its videos. For all the YouTube downloaders you searched from Google, not all of them can give you GIF output format. To save your test time, the following will provide two popular methods to enable you to easily download your wanted YouTube videos as GIF format file.

Method One: Download YouTube Video as GIF Animation file

In this method, I will introduce a powerful YouTube to GIF downloader and converter - Allavsoft and it can help to easily and directly download and save any wanted YouTube video to GIF animation file. All you need to do is to add your wanted YouTube video URL to this Allavsoft. First let's check the key features of Allavsoft as below.

  1. Easily convert any wanted YouTube video as GIF animation format with the highest output quality for your usage.
  2. Easily convert and save any wanted YouTube video as any video output format, like MP4, MKV, AVI, FLV, WMV, etc for any offline video file playback.
  3. Convert any save any YouTube video as any audio output format, like MP3, FLAC, OGG, AIFF, WAV, WMA, etc for any offline audio file playback.
  4. The highest downloading speed, normally 90X faster downloading speed, is provided to download YouTube videos to GIF Animation format, MP4, MKV, AVI, MP3, OGG, FLAC, etc.
  5. Remove any ad or virus hidden in the original YouTube video file from the downloaded output file.

Guide on Downloading YouTube Video as GIF Animation File

You can follow the guide below to easily download any YouTube video as GIF Animation file.

Make Preparation: Free download YouTube to GIF Downloader

Free download the professional YouTube to GIF Downloader - Allavsoft (for Windows, for Mac), install and then launch it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Import YouTube video URL

Any needed YouTube video URL can be simply added to this YouTube to GIF downloader by Copy&Paste feature or by Drag&Drop feature. If you have many YouTube videos to be downloaded you can import all these YouTube URLs to Allavsoft and Allavsoft will get all of them downloaded at once.

Step 2 Set GIF as final output format

Click the "Automatically Convert to" button and choose GIF Animation format as the output format from the Picture and Animation category.

Step 3 Start to download YouTube video as GIF Animation file

Here, you only need to click the Download button to get your wanted YouTube video downloaded as an GIF Animation file.

Method Two: Download YouTube Video as GIF Picture File

If you want to download your wanted YouTube video as an GIF Picture file first you also need to download Allavsoft in Method one and follow its steps to save the downloaded YouTube video as an video format file, such as MP4, MKV or AVI. And then you will need a YouTube to GIF Converter - Avdshare Video Converter to convert your downloaded YouTube video file as GIF Picture file.

This Avdshare Video Converter not only supports to convert the downloaded YouTube video to GIF Picture format, but also to PNG Picture format, BMP Picture format, TIFF Picture format, etc or to another video format file.

The highest output file quality and the fastest conversion speed will be provided to convert YouTube video to GIF Picture format, PNG Picture format, etc.

Now follow the guide below to convert your downloaded YouTube video to GIF Picture format file.

Make Preparation: Free download YouTube to GIF Converter

Free download the professional YouTube to GIF Converter - Avdshare Video Converter (for Windows, for Mac), install and then launch it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Import the downloaded YouTube Video file

You need to click the Add File button to import your downloaded YouTube video with Method One to this converter interface.

Step 2 Specify Picture GIF as output

Click the Profile button and choose Picture GIF as the final output format from the Picture and Animation category.

Step 3 Complete the conversion work

After all the above settings are saved, click the Convert button to get your YouTube video converted to Picture GIF format file.