They can then resize and crop the video, set their desired frame rate, apply image filters, and add multiple captions or overlay images. The Mac software works by having users first make a screen recording using either their webcam or by importing a video file. That’s not a massive user base, but it is one that’s explicitly devoted to the process of content creation – something Gfycat can take advantage of in terms of fleshing out its own collection of original GIFs. It was also among the top 60 paid apps overall in the U.S. The GIF Brewery app, which lets users create, edit and share GIFs from their Mac, has seen over 110,000 downloads to date, and is ranked at the number 5 paid Photo & Video app in the U.S. Gfycat, fresh off its $10 million seed round and debut of its first mobile app for texting and editing its own flavor of GIFs, announced today that it’s acquiring the Mac desktop application GIF Brewery in an effort at expanding its GIF creation capabilities.
