1. Welcome to the transforming an iorad tutorial into a GIF help article within iorad.
2. To translate - click the 文⌃ icon just left of the full screen icon.
Or.. click to continue in English.
3. iorad tutorials are awesome for the ability to capture once & automatically produce multiple outputs in the HTML player. Sometimes its not possible to embed an iframe and it might be beneficial to use an animated image for quick viewing.
4. It's been proven that users greatly appreciate an interactive experience; however, in some scenarios GIFs work just as well for simpler processes.
5. Maybe you have already created an iorad or a number of iorads that you'd like to share via email but don't have an easy way to embed them.
In addition to hyperlinking, consider inserting an iorad GIF…or maybe even two or three.
6. When using a chat tool such as Intercom or Drift, you are limited to the media types that you can include in a chat message, email, etc. Other than hyperlinking text or an image to the tutorial, that's all you can do.
This is great time to use a GIF.
7. Many help sites include GIFs; though, it may not make sense to overuse GIFs if you're an iorad user. This is one of the biggest benefits to using the HTML player; just update the tutorial once, & it applies everywhere it's been embedded.
8. Nevertheless, utilizing a few GIFs on a landing page or overview page might add some value.
To avoid the need to download & update GIFs, consider using our Watch it video mode if you have the ability to embed the iorad player.
9. Another common place users wish to insert an iorad tutorial is within a PowerPoint or Google Slide Presentation.
Yet again, these do not allow iFrames, just videos or images. This is another example when to export & insert a video or GIF instead.
10. Using iorad it is super easy to create & update GIFs. Otherwise, you'd have to reset the scene, use a screen recording tool to capture your screen, and export & upload the video to a GIF service each time.
iorad does all the heavy lifting for you!
11. Oh, and another cool thing to note is that you can choose if you'd like the entire screenshot showing or if you'd like the instruction panel to show on the right side.
Just be sure to uncheck the "step text" option prior to exporting the video.
12. Creating a GIF with iorad:
- Export iorad to .mp4 video file*
- Upload to a GIF site of choice (Try ezgif.com)
- Export GIF
Happy GIF-ing!
13. Want to learn more?
Export tutorial to Video, Word, HTML, Google Slides
Embed in Watch it without Panel