Animated Book Covers

A new trend in marketing is to create an "animated" book cover for use on social media and other advertising venues. In essence, it is turning your cover image into a GIF (graphic interchange format).

You don't have to be a programmer to create a stunning moving photograph.

Here are a few examples:

To add these examples on Blogger, I used "insert image," then chose the URL option and entered the http address of the images.

Here is a list of resources you can use to create GIFS.

Giphy: Twitter shows the animation. Facebook links to the Giphy site and offers a "preview" but the GIF won't play.

Gifmaker: You can create and reduce the file size of a GIF

DP Animation Software

GIF maker Imgflip  Make GIFs from videos, pictures, or other images

Make A Gif

Further reading:

Derek Murphy How to Make An Animated Book Cover

How to Make a GIF

How to Create Animated GIFs on Photoshop

How to Add GIFs to Blogger

How to Make, Send, and Share GIFs on iPhone