Help & Support

The latest version of GifGun to support Intel Macs is 2.0.20.

Here's a link to download version 2.0.20.

Please use the Aescripts ZXP Installer to install the file.

GifGun 2 is shipped with a custom ffmpeg build for macOS 14+. If you have an older version of macOS, you can replace the ffmpeg file as follows:

1. Download ffmpeg binary following this link.
2. Unzip the file, right click on the ffmpeg file, select 'Open' and allow the file to run
3. Open Finder, click on 'Go -> Go to Folder' and paste this address /Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.aescripts.gifgun2/.bin
4. Replace ffmpeg file with the one downloaded from the ffmpeg website
5. Restart After Effects

That's super simple! Just use the aescripts + aeplugins manager app.

1. Open the panel via Window → Extensions → GifGun 2 and dock it anywhere in your workspace.
2. Select one or more compositions in the Project panel – GifGun renders them all in one batch.
3. Pick an output preset: GIF, WEBP, WEBM or MP4, with or without alpha.
4. Click render. GifGun renders the comp and encodes it with its own compression, so you get a finished file without going through Media Encoder.

New to exporting GIFs from After Effects? Read our step-by-step GIF export guide.

Yes – there is a free trial of GifGun 2. Log in to your account on the GifGun aescripts page and download the trial to test the plugin in your own After Effects projects before buying.

You can also try GifGun Online right in your browser. A full lifetime license is $39.99 and covers the After Effects plugin, the standalone desktop apps and the web app.

Your license code is in your aescripts account under My Downloads and Licenses. The same code activates the After Effects plugin, the standalone desktop apps and the web app.

Can't find it? Open a support ticket from the account you purchased with.

We removed the "Keep Alpha" option, so just select any preset that contains Alpha. The built-in "High Quality with Alpha" preset works great for both GIF and WEBM. Remember that MP4 has no alpha channel options.

If you purchased GifGun 1 after March 1, 2023, you can upgrade for $10 which is the price difference as GifGun 2 is $10 more expensive than GifGun 1. If you purchased GifGun 1 before March 1, 2023 you can upgrade for $20. (Floating licenses additional). Simply login to the same account and the upgrade pricing will be automatically displayed on the product page. If you need any assistance please open a support ticket.

1. Update to the latest version through the aescripts + aeplugins manager app.
2. On macOS 14 or older, replace the bundled ffmpeg. On an Intel Mac, use version 2.0.20.
3. On a company-managed machine, ask IT to allow the GifGun folders and binaries.
4. Still stuck? Share your log files and open a support ticket – we'll take it from there.

1. Click on the burger menu (on the right of the GifGun 2 panel name)
2. Click on the "System Panel", so it becomes "Enabled"
3. A green "bug" icon will appear in the lower right corner of the GifGun menu
4. Click on the icon, then click on "Stream Logs" so it is "Enabled"
5. Click on "Copy" and then paste the ID of your logs in a support ticket or DM
6. Try to render with GifGun again so that we will get new logs

GIF stores frame delays as whole numbers in centiseconds (1/100th of a second). Think of each second as a ruler with exactly 100 slots. Some frame rates divide evenly into 100 and produce perfect timing – but 30 and 60 FPS don't.

• 20 FPS → 5 cs per frame → fits perfectly
• 25 FPS → 4 cs per frame → fits perfectly
• 50 FPS → 2 cs per frame → fits perfectly
• 30 FPS → 3.333… cs per frame → must round → actual playback becomes ~33.3 FPS or stuttery
• 60 FPS → 1.666… cs per frame → must round → actual playback becomes 50 FPS

Use the interactive visualization below to see exactly how frames land on the centisecond grid for each frame rate:

This is a fundamental limitation of the GIF format, not a GifGun issue. For smooth 30/60 FPS output, use MP4 or WEBM instead.

There are two things you need to have allowed in your local policies for GifGun 2 to work properly on a company-owned machine.

1. Access to the User Library folder to keep the local files.

Windows:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\GifGun2

macOS:

/Users/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/GifGun2

2. You also need to allow your machine to run the GifGun 2 binary files located at:

Windows:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\GifGun 2\.bin

macOS:

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.aescripts.gifgun2/.bin