6 Best Free GIF Meme Maker Software For Windows

Here is a list of best free GIF meme maker software for Windows. By using most of these meme maker software, you can easily convert a video into a fun animated GIF meme. To do that, these GIF meme creators let you select a certain part of the video that you want in the output meme. Most importantly, options to add funny texts on any part of the video is also present in them. Besides text, few of the GIF meme generators also let you add images to GIFs, which is another good feature. In some software, you can convert a normal animated GIF file into a GIF meme. To do that, these software provide tools to makes changes (adding text, images, etc.) on each individual frame of the GIF.

Using these freeware, you can also enhance the visual appearance of a GIF by applying filters, effects, etc. Plus, you can preview all the modifications quickly by using built-in preview players. Multiple preview players are also available in different editing sections of some software to make precise modifications.

Overall, these software are easy to use and all of these can handle various video formats like MP4, WMV, AVI, MPEG, and more.

My Favorite GIF Meme Maker Software For Windows:

VideoSolo Video to GIF Converter is my favorite GIF meme creator because it lets you add both texts as well as images to video to create a GIF meme. It’s ability to convert videos of various formats into GIF and its handy GIF enhancement tools make it my favorite.

You can also check out lists of best free GIF Frame Editor, GIF Speed Changer, and GIF Viewer software for Windows.

VideoSolo Video to GIF Converter

VideoSolo Video to GIF Converter is a free and easy to use GIF meme maker software for Windows. Using it, you can create animated or moving GIF using a video file. Plus, other essential tools like video trimmer and text tool are also available. Another handy feature of this software is that it supports a large library of video formats like MP4, MPEG, AVI, MKV, WMV, and more. With this software, you do not have to worry about video formats, just input a video and start making GIF memes in it.

How to create a GIF meme using VideoSolo Video to GIF Converter:

• Import a video using add file option.
• Go to its clip tool tab and select a section of a video that you want in the GIF meme and press Ok.
• Trimmed part of the video will add to its interface. Select the trimmed part from the interface and open the edit tab and go to its watermark tab.
• Watermark tab contains options to add text and images to the video. Plus, options to change the position and size of both text and photo are also available. Use available options and add text or image to the video.
• To further customize the video, use other available options of edit tab like crop, rotate, and effects.
• Once done, first press apply and then convert button to get the animated GIF meme file.

This freeware also provides multiple preview players or GIF players in various editing sections so that you can accurately trim video, place text and photos, etc., on the right part of the GIF.

QGifer

QGifer is another free GIF meme maker software for Windows. It is a video based GIF creator software in which you can create GIF meme(s) using video clips. For this, you can add text and image to the input video to make a GIF meme. Plus, features like video trimmer, filters, margins, FPS changer, etc. are also available in it.

Now to create a GIF, first, add a video file of one of the following formats named AVI, MP4, MPG, OGV, etc. After that, choose the start and end frame of video using start and stop selection tools. On the selected part of the video, you can add funny images and texts using respective tools from the top toolbar. On its preview window, you can view the changes in real time. Its preview window also provides a slider to jump between frames and also to know about the accurate frame number.

To customize various properties of the GIF, you can use its sections like preview properties (to change FPS and loop type), Margins (to add margins around GIF boundary), Filters (to change hue, saturation, and brightness), and output properties (to change GIF resolution and palette size). After completion, you can either save meme as a project (QGP) or as a GIF file.

Instagiffer

Instagiffer is yet another free GIF meme maker software for Windows. With the help of this software, you can convert a video into an animated GIF. Not just that, you can also capture an online video through this software and quickly convert that video into a GIF meme. Plus, all essential GIF making tools to add text, filters, loops, etc. are also available. Besides this, it’s property to support a lot of video formats (MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, MPEG, etc.) is also impressive.

How to create a meme using Instagiffer:

• Add video URL to capture online video or add local video by pressing the load button.
• Now, go to video extraction and GIF settings and set parameters like start time, FPS, frame size, quality, brightness, etc.
• To add text, go to its caption menu and write a text that you want to add to the GIF. Plus, options to position text on video, fonts, and two sliders to select the starting and ending frames (between which text will appear) are also present. Once finished, press the done button.
• You can also add some frame effects (loop, reverse, and crossfade) using frame menu in order to customize the motion of the animated GIF. Lastly, press the create GIF button to get the animated GIF.

Overall, it is a really handy GIF meme creator software. But, it has one odd problem that it only allows you to select the starting frame of the video. The ending frame is automatically selected by this software. In most cases, the ending frame is a 32nd frame from the selected starting frame.

RealWorld Paint

RealWorld Paint is a completely free GIF meme maker software for Windows. This software is mainly used to convert an animated GIF file into a meme GIF by adding text and effects. Still, you need to spend a considerable amount of time to make a meme through this software due to lack of start and end frame selection tools. Frame selection tools ease out the task by automatically applying a selected text or image on all frames between the start and end frame.

How to make GIF memes using RealWorld Paint:

• Import an animated GIF file from its file menu. Every frame of the animated GIF file will be shown in the bottom part of the editor.
• Select one frame at a time and add texts using the text tool. Besides text, you can also add layers, shapes, etc. on the frames, if necessary.
• Repeat the previous step again on all frames one by one to make an animated GIF meme. A preview window is also available on the right-hand side that shows all the changes in the real time.
• After making necessary changes on all the frames, save the whole file as GIF file format.

Overall, it is a nice GIF editor and that also serves as a photo editing software. You can also change GIF animation speed, create animated cursors, and do a lot more.

GIMP

GIMP is a free and open source graphics editor software for Windows. It can also be used to make a GIF meme using a normal animated GIF file.

GIMP as a GIF Meme Maker:

When you enter a GIF file into this software, then all the frames of that GIF will appear in its Layers window, from where you can select one frame at a time and make necessary changes. Necessary changes mainly include the addition of text to give some context to the animated GIF file. As you know GIMP is a graphics editor, so you can also add layers, shapes, images, effects, filters, etc. to a GIF.

This freeware provides various editing tools through which you can crop, resize, rotate, and also make color adjustments to enhance the GIF. Moreover, the speed of animated GIF can also be increased or decreased through this software.

After making all the necessary changes on all GIF frames, export the GIF meme as an animated GIF file. Remember to tick the as animation checkbox at the time of exporting the GIF file to get the animated GIF memes.

Express Animate

Express Animate is another free to use GIF meme maker software for Windows. This too lets you create an animated GIF meme from a normal animated GIF file. To create a meme, you can write funny text, add images, custom shapes, etc. to animated GIF. Plus, to enhance the quality, you can apply filters like greyscale, sepia, negative, posterize, etc. This software also has a really handy timeline editor just like a video editor, where you can drop or add various objects (text, images, etc.) and change the duration of each object with ease.

Let’s take a look at how to create a GIF meme using Express Animate:

• First, load a GIF file from load media option. GIF file will automatically be added to the timeline.
• Now, you can add text, images, etc. just by selecting the respective option from the top toolbar. Parallel timeline for each additional object will also add, just below the GIF file timeline.
• You can now easily change the display duration of individual objects by increasing or decreasing the length of their timeline from the timeline editor.
• After the completion of a GIF meme, go to file > save video option and choose .gif format.