Quick and Easy Solution to Create Powerful GIF Screen Recordings on Windows 10

Blogging Techniques

Patrick Berry
4 min readDec 11, 2021
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Introduction

Have you ever wanted to know how screen capture GIFs are created to demonstrate the use of software?

The Problem

I have been planning the developed of a standard footer for my Medium articles that would provide links to publications and a call to action to follow and subscribe to my email list.

This required a GIF to demonstrate the process to subscribe to the mail address and follow.

The Solution

We will use the Microsoft Screen Recorder App, a free screen recorder which is available on Windows 10 and 11.

Install a Screen Recorder

  1. Open the following link in your web browser, Get Free Screen Recorder — Microsoft Store en-AU
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2. Click the Get button

3. The Windows App Store will open, press Get again

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4. When this completes, click Open.

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Open a Second Medium Account

Since you cannot like or follow yourself on Medium, you will need to create a second account to record this video. Navigate to https://medium.com/ and create a second account (I am assuming that you are familiar with this process as you are creating a GIF for your Medium articles)

Record the Interaction

  1. Open an article using the new account that you have just create and display the bottom on an article
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2. Open the screen recorder from the Windows start menu

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3. The screen recorder will open, select Recorder

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4. Resize the App over the portion of the screen to be recorded

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5. Press Record

6. Click Follow, Subscribe, and finally Clap.

7. Click Stop

8. Play and confirm that you are happy with the results

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9. Press Save

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10. Select GIF, the destination folder and enter the file name and finally press Save

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11. The GIF has been saved to file system and can be inserted into my Medium articles

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Ethics Alert

Remember to unsubscribe and unfollow the article after creating the recording as it would be unethical to follow yourself using a second account.

Conclusion

The process of creating screen capture GIFs is straightforward and including GIFs in articles adds a dynamic element and can make instructions relating to screen actions and expected results clearer.

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Patrick Berry

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