How to get GIF-y with it

ironmom5 · August 2012

Okay, ladies, as promised: here is a play-by-play of how I gif. There are several ways to post, but this is what I find easiest.

1. See something stupid that someone said. Think to self, "Self, this would be a perfect place for Kristen Wiig making a shocked and disgusted face!"

2. Google "Kristen Wiig gifs." Usually this will yield a Tumblr or a Photobucket account filled with GIFy goodness. Find the best one.

3. Right click to "Save Picture As." I have a folder on my computer for all of my favorites. I save it to the generic folder first, then later I make subfolders to make things easy to find in case of emergency GIF-off.

4. Go to TinyPic. I find this is the hosting site the most people can see on their work computers and iPads. Otherwise, you have an AMAZING gif, and no one can see it. That's really sad. Ugly cry sad.

5. TinyPic will pretty much walk you through how to upload. Once you've uploaded it, copy all of the html markup for image/message boards/blahblah. This is the junk that starts with [IMG].

6. Paste into the body of your post. Hit "post."

7. Voila! You've just gotten GIFy with it! (na na na na nanana)

If you want to practice, try here. But with sucky ones, so December doesn't steal them.