Beside emojis and memes, Graphics Interchange Format or better known as GIF is often used by social media user as a way of communicating. Most of the gifs are taken from tv shows, sports, or movies. For those of you who want to make gifs for more personal reason in the form of text or messages, the choice is to make your own gif using a photo editor like Gimp.

But, if you don’t want to be bothered because you have to learn to make gifs in Gimp, you can use Msgif. A web app that can convert messages into gifs.

The first step, you are given the option to choose a screen size and design style. The second step is where you write your message in the text area, but first you have to press the Record button. When finished, press the Create Gif button. Continue reading Msgif: Convert Message to Gif. →

Hello guys, it’s been a while since I update this blog with new article. If you haven’t read it, my last article is an Inkscape Tutorial: How to Create a Pattern. By the way, I probably will take a break of posting CGI tutorial for a while. Although my upcoming post are still digital creative related, it’ll be a little bit random. Well, we’ll see :).

As a digital worker and enthusiast, I like using open source software when I’m working. I own 2 laptops. One a Macbook Air that I use if I’m doing a heavy work and a Acer laptop with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on it. Now I’m not a tech savvy about Linux, I know nothing about the OS. I use it because it’s easy, though at first I need some time to get used to it, and I don’t like windows hehe. Continue reading List of Open Source Apps to Install (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS). →