Download GifToSyphon (requires Mac OS X 10.9.5 or later)
GifToSyphon is a free Mac utility that combines two things that VJs love – Animated GIFs and Syphon.
Giphy + Syphon = Instant kittens in your VJ set
Powered by the awesome Giphy search engine, a Mac VJ with an Internet connection can now instantly pull tagged GIFs from a huge online library and use them directly in their favorite Syphon enabled video application.
When not connected to the net GifToSyphon can also still use images from its local cache or using any of your own animated GIF files. These downloaded GIFs can also be loaded into most VJ software for remixing alongside your other media files.
For a quick introduction to using GifToSyphon with VDMX watch this new video tutorial:
(using the 4 channel mixer example via the Templates menu if you're trying to reproduce at home)
Features:
For those who are interested in seeing how GifToSyphon works behind the scenes we've also open sourced the code on GitHub: https://github.com/dlublin/GifToSyphon
Lastly a huge thanks to Giphy team and community for letting us access their repository of GIFs!