I’ve been looking through the GIF collection for our team on Giphy and noticed there aren’t many good options available. Most of what I can find seems pretty old and outdated. There’s barely any fresh content from recent games or seasons.
I’m wondering if anyone in our community has a Giphy creator profile and makes GIFs that we can use on Instagram and other social media? I thought about signing up to become a creator myself, but from what I understand the approval process takes forever. Plus I’m just doing this as a hobby, not professionally.
It would be awesome to have someone actively creating new GIFs for our team. Anyone out there already doing this kind of work?
Applied for Giphy creator status 8 months ago - honestly wasn’t that hard despite what you’ll read here. Got approved in 3-4 weeks, way faster than the horror stories about waiting months. Just make sure your samples are solid and you’ve got a clear plan for what you’ll post. Once you’re in, uploading’s easy and your stuff gets indexed fast. I’ve been making GIFs for my team since then and they get decent views. Biggest pain is finding good source footage - pixelated GIFs are trash so quality matters. If you’re thinking about it, just apply now. Even as a hobbyist, that verified badge really helps with visibility.
I tried the creator route last year but bailed. Waiting for approval killed my motivation, even with decent content ready. Free tools work way better - GIMP and FFmpeg let me make custom GIFs from game footage in about 15 minutes once you nail the workflow. Upload to Imgur first, then cross-post everywhere. Yeah, they don’t get Giphy’s discoverability, but for team social media they work great. Quality’s actually better since I’m not rushing to hit platform requirements. If you want to start creating now instead of waiting for approval that might never come, definitely worth it.