YouTube has added gif-making functionality, albeit with one minor caveat.

When sharing a YouTube video, users can now select a 'gif' option. The new option lets users set a start-and-end point on the video, add text, then create a gif of up to six seconds in length.There is one catch, though. At the moment, the only videos to feature the gif option are ones found on the PBS Ideas Channel Previously, one of the most popular options for gif-makers out there was GifYouTube – a site that works by adding the term 'gif' before a YouTube URL.It's not known at this point whether YouTube plans to roll the update out to every channel, or if this is a trial to test demand for official gif-making integration. Should the official gif-maker rollout to every YouTube video, we'll be sure to let you know.

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