GIF, a filetype that celebrated its 25th anniversary this past June (don’t you feel old now?), won’t die. And the animated GIF, in particular, has seen a notable resurgence recently, as a newer, ...

Last year, we told you how cinemagraphs — GIFs in which only a small part of a still photo is animated, creating an eerie effect — would become the hot new creative vehicle for advertisers. In March, ...

Brian Honigman is a marketing consultant, a professional speaker and freelance writer.This post originally appeared on Brian’s blog. GIFs and cinemagraphs are a fun and innovative way for brands to ...

Cinemagraphs are a subset of .gif files that are high quality, smoothly looped, and just downright gorgeous. A ton of outstandingly creative people have worked hard to create these pictures, and you ...

Nokia’s Lumia 900, 800, and 710 are set to receive the much-publicized Cinemagraph GIF-maker feature, as well a new contact-sharing app and Bluetooth file transfer functionality, in a phased update ...

Instagram has talked about how a move into video might be the future of the platform, which seems like a terrible idea. Know what doesn’t seem like a terrible idea? Animated GIFs, especially ...

These aren’t your ordinary GIFs. The cinemagraph is a medium pioneered (and named) by husband and wife team Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg in which individual instants of motion are isolated against a ...

The photograph is a powerful form to capture a moment in time. But with new digital technologies, can we do more within a photo? For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you’re going to blend still and ...

GIFs and cinemagraphs are a fun and innovative way for brands to connect with their audience in the era of Tumblr, BuzzFeed and other media platforms attempting to hack the virality of the Internet.