I need a way to record my Windows desktop and save it as an animated GIF file. Here's an example:
I need GIF animations so that they can run from a web page without requiring any plugins. I want to record and save directly as a GIF.
How can I create a GIF screencast?
Answer
I've been using licecap in various Super User answers. It's dead simple to use as you can see from this animated GIF image - just extend it over your recording area, hit record, set a save file, do your thing and hit stop. It's free, works pretty well, and seems simpler than most of the alternatives. It's entirely free and has Windows and OS X ports.
On Windows 8.1 and hdpi displays, you'll need to turn off per app display scaling to get it to work normally without turning off global display scaling. I have a walkthrough on it here (Fixed as of version 1.26.)
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