Use MOV or GIF file for demo in GitHub README.md

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Aug 31, 2022
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I use MOV and GIF files to demonstrate demos for my projects. Here I will introduce how to generate and embed them into GitHub README.md.

GIF demo

  1. Record a video that you use to convert into GIF.
  1. Search “Gifski“ in App Store and click GET.
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      There are also other useful online tools I use for GIFs processing:
  1. Open or drag the video into Gifski.
  1. Configure the GIF being generated as you need.
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  1. Place the GIF in a demo folder of your project.
  1. In README.md mention the GIF.

    MOV demo

    1. Record a MOV file that you use for demo.
    1. Click on README.md file in GitHub.
    1. Click “Edit this file“ button.
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    1. Drag the MOV file into README.md edit section.
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    1. Wait for generating the URL of MOV file.
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    1. Preview and check the demo.
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    1. Commit changes.

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