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How to add a Giphy GIF clip to your TikTok video
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(Pocket-lint) – TikTok is rolling out a new editing tool that lets you add GIFs with sound to your videos. These are called GIF clips, and they’re powered by Giphy and will be available when the new Library option goes live in TikTok’s mobile app. Here’s everything you need to know about how GIF clips work in TikTok, including how to use them in videos yourself.
What are GIF clips?
Let’s start with the basics: Giphy is both a database and a search engine for finding GIFs – short looping videos without sound. GIF clips, however, are a new type of GIF with sound. Giphy has teamed up with content production partners such as HBO, Hulu, Xbox, and Roku, among others, to offer a wide range of GIF clips for TikTok users to incorporate into their videos.
Why would you use GIF clips?
Giphy GIF clips are usually trending, popular, and culture-defining moments. It can even be clips from your favorite movies and shows. By embedding a GIPHY GIF clip in your TikTok video, you can not only tap into and be part of viral trends, but also enhance your visual storytelling in a fun and more imaginative way.
How to add GIF clips to your TikTok
Below is a step-by-step tutorial on how to add GIF clips to your TikTok videos.
- Open the latest version of the TikTok app.
- Go to the Camera screen.
- Tap the new Library option that appears at the bottom of the vertical sidebar.
- Swipe up on the Library page to find a Giphy Clip.
- You can also use the search box at the top for specific results.
- Once you find a clip, you can trim it to use in your TikTok video.
- When you are done, you can proceed to save your video and then publish it.
Want to see a sample GIF clip?
The video below as well as the one embedded above – both from Giphy – show exactly how you can use GIF clips in a TikTok video.
@giphy stay tuned for brand new GIPHY integration on @TikTok original sound – GIPHY
When will GIF clips be available on TikTok?
GIF clips will be available when the new library option rolls out to TikTok users. It will first roll out to Android users in the first week of April 2022 and will come to iOS users by mid-April 2022.
Want to know more?
Check out our TikTok guide for more tips and tricks.
Written by Maggie Tillman.
