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Ribbon

The ribbon lets you access all of the editing features of ScreenToGif.

• File: 💾

  1. New: All the options to create or load animations. The previous animation is automatically discarded.

     • Screen Recording Ctrl + N: Opens the screen recorder. When you finish recording, it returns back to the editor to load the new frames. If cancelled, it won't discard your previous animation.
     • Webcam Recording Ctrl + W: Opens the webcam recorder. Follows the same behavior as above.
     • Board Recording Ctrl + B: Opens the board recorder (sketchboard). Follows the same behavior as above.
     • Blank Animation Ctrl + Alt + A: Opens the New Animation panel.

  2. Insert: Options to insert animations inside the current one. It opens the Insert Frames window.

     • Screen Recording Ctrl + Shift + N: Opens the screen recorder. When you finish recording, it returns back to the editor to merge the new recording with the Insert Frames window.
     • Webcam Recording Ctrl + Shift + W: Opens the webcam recorder. Follows the same behavior as above.
     • Board Recording Ctrl + Shift + B: Opens the board recorder. Follows the same behavior as above.
     • Media Ctrl + Shift + O: Opens a file picker and gives you the option to insert images or videos into your current animation.

  3. File: Where you can save or discard your recording.

     • Save as Ctrl + S: Opens the Save as panel.
     • Load Ctrl + O: Lets you load media or project into a new project.
     • Recent Projects Ctrl + L: Opens the Recent Projects panel, where you can load any recent projects that were not discarded.
     • Discard Ctrl + Delete: Discards (deletes from disk) your current animation. It does not interfere with the running encodings.

• Home: 🏠

  1. Action Stack: Undo, Redo and Reset.

     • Undo Ctrl + Z: Uh, it undoes the latest changes made to the frame list.
     • Redo Ctrl + Y: Redoes the latest undid changes of the frame list.
     • Reset Ctrl + R: Starts over again, the same recording with no changes at all.

  2. Clipboard: Copy, Cut and Paste. There's also a small button under the "Cut" button that shows your current clipboard, called "Show Clipboard".

     • Copy Ctrl + C: Copies all selected frames into the clipboard. It opens the Clipboard panel as soon as you copy. Also, it selects the latest copied frames as the active clipboard entry.
     • Cut Ctrl + X: Same as above, except that it removes the selected frames from the frame list.
     • Paste Ctrl + V: Gets the current active clipboard entry and inserts the frames before or after the selected frame on the list. You can configure the paste behavior on the Clipboard panel.
     • Show Clipboard: Opens the Clipboard panel.

  3. Zoom: Zoom controls, fit the image on the view.

     • Set to 100% Alt + 0: Sets the zoom to 100%.
     • Fit to Window Alt + -: Adjusts the zoom to fit the image on the viewer.

  4. Select: Select All, Deselect, Inverse Selection and Go To.

     • Select All Ctrl + A: Select all frames.
     • Go To Ctrl + G: Opens the Go To window and lets you seek to a specific frame. You should insert the frame number.
     • Inverse Ctrl + I: Removes the selection of the currently selected frames and selects the others (that were not selected).
     • Deselect Ctrl + U: Removes the selection of the currently selected frames.

• Playback: ⏯

  1. Playback controls (first, previous, play/pause, next, last). They are also found at the bottom-right corner.
     • First Home: Seeks to the first frame.
     • Previous PageUp: Seeks to the previous frame.
     • Play/Pause Alt + P or Space: Starts or pauses the preview.
     • Next PageDown: Seeks to the next frame.
     • Last End: Seeks to the last frame.

• Edit: ✏️

  1. Frames: Frame deletion controls.

     • Delete Delete: Deletes all selected frames. Gives you a warning when deleting all frames.
     • Remove Duplicates Alt + Delete: Removes duplicate frames based on a similarity percentage (pixel-by-pixel comparison). You can choose whether you want to adjust the delay between the removed frames or not.
     • Reduce Frame Count Ctrl + Shift + Delete: Removes N frames after every M frames, without counting the removed ones. With this feature you can reduce the framerate.
     • Delete All Previous Alt + Left: Deletes all previous frames, before the selected frame. For example, you select frame number 9, the frames 0-8 will be deleted.
     • Delete All Next Alt + Right: Deletes all next frames, after the selected frame. For example, you select frame number 9, the frames 10-15 will be deleted.

  2. Reordering: Frame ordering, you can move frames, invert the order, etc.

     • Reverse Ctrl + Alt + R: Reverses the order of the frame list. The first frame becomes the last one.
     • Yoyo Ctrl + Y: Adds the yoyo effect to the frame list. This effect is basically: Normal order + Reversed order.
     • Move Left Ctrl + Shift + Left: Move the selected frames to the previous position on the list. The frame at the first position will be moved to the last position.
     • Move Right Ctrl + Shift + Right: Move the selected frames to the next position on the list. The frame at the last position will be moved to the first position.

  3. Delay (Duration): Allows you to change the duration (delay, time of display) of each selected frame.

     • Override Alt + O: Opens the Override Delay panel.
     • Increase or Decrease Alt + Y: Opens the Increase or Decrease Delay panel.

• Image: 🖼

  1. Size and Position: Resize, crop, flip/rotate the frames. The flip action will only flip the selected frames, the other actions will be applied to all frames.

     • Resize Alt + R: Opens the Resize panel.
     • Crop Alt + C: Opens the Crop panel.
     • Flip/Rotate Alt + L: Opens the Flip/Rotate panel.

  2. Text: Text elements, such as Captions, Title Frames and Free Text.

     • Caption Alt + S: Opens the Caption panel.
     • Key Strokes Alt + H: Lets you add the keys that you pressed during the recording on your project. You can control which key stroke will be displayed, by add or removing the key strokes.
     • Free Text Alt + F: Opens the Free Text panel.
     • Title Frame Alt + T: Opens the Title Frame panel.

  3. Overlay: Frame overlays, like Free Drawings, Watermark, etc.

     • Free Drawing Alt + D: Opens the Free Drawing panel.
     • Progress Alt + P: Opens the Progress panel.
     • Mouse Clicks Alt + I: Lets you display when you clicked during your recording. Requires you to have enabled the option to capture the cursor for the current project.
     • Border Alt + B: Lets you add borders on your animation. You can fine tune each side of the border. You can select multiple frames to apply this feature. Opens the Border panel.
     • Obfuscate Ctrl + H: This tool allows you to obfuscate (pixelate) any part of your frames.
     • Watermark Alt + W: Lets you add an image as watermark, setting the position, scale and opacity. You can select multiple frames to apply this feature. Opens the Watermark panel.
     • Cinemagraph Alt + G: What's Cinemagraph? Use the paint tools to paint on top of the parts of the image that should animate. The unselected parts will stay static (fixed, not changing) using the first frame as base. This action is applied to all frames. Opens the Cinemagraph panel.

• Transitions: 🔀

  1. Styles: Fade (to the next frame or to a specific color) or Slide (to the next frame).
     • Fade Ctrl + Alt + Y: You can fade to a specific color or to the next frame. Use the slider to select the length of the transition. You must select one frame to apply this transition.
     • Slide Ctrl + Alt + T: Slide to the next frame. You must select one frame to apply this transition.

• Statistics: ℹ️

  1. General: Information about the current recording.
  2. Selected Frame: Information about the current frame.