Pro GIF Universal is the most completed GIF library for Unity. Ultra-performance, handles all sorts of GIF files, and provides very efficient ways to integrate and manage GIF features for your awesome projects!

The Pro GIF Universal encoder and decoder are highly optimized and enhanced. Run in threads for better performance and support multiple instances. Our high-performance library lets you record and playback GIFs instantly, no more waiting!

All our codes and examples are carefully designed to provide a clean, easy-to-use package. The Unified APIs allow you to integrate once, run on all supported platforms. GIF has never been so easy with Pro GIF series!

*** A simple GIF search app example is included in both ProGIF and Universal versions. The PlayCamera app & GIF Library app in the video is Not included in this asset. (ProGIF Universal is used in our apps)

Try out before purchase: Play Camera

For detailed information please read the Docs.

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Highlights:

☻ The Ultimate GIF playback, recording, and converter solutions.

☻ Pro GIF Advanced Recorder, Player and Converter, highly customizable settings.

☻ Super fast, multi-threaded encoder.

☻ Super fast decoder, great in performance and compatibility. Decode GIF similar to Chrome, Firefox browser, etc. Plus great functionality provides the best flexibility for handling GIFs.

☻ Ultra-low playback memory footprint. Even for a large number of gif frames decoded and stored in the memory.

☻ Decoder Version 3. Around 15 times faster than V1 and around 50% faster than V2, or even faster as it is further optimized in our continuous updates.

(Decoder speed: ProGIF V1=100%, ProGIF V2=1100%, Universal V3=1500%-1900%)

☻ Multi-threaded decoder, >200% efficiency for multiple GIFs (compared to Pro GIF).

☻ Fully supports interlaced GIFs.

[ Features ]

Core:

- GIF Replay, Record GIF/Convert still images to GIF(support transparent).

- Record GIF with camera(s).

- Instant Preview/Play the newly recorded GIF.

- Play GIF(support transparent, support variable frame rate, rewind, and ping-pong play mode).

- Load GIF file from local-path/URL, decode, and playback. With an option for saving files in local storage.

- Rich settings: FPS, Duration, Quality, RepeatCount, Aspect Ratio, Resolution(support auto-resize to fit any screen size), Transparent Color(for hiding a particular BG color), Enable/Disable detection of image transparent setting for the recorder.

- The encoding & decoding process runs in threads for better performance.

Advanced:

- Advanced decode settings, allows setting how many frames to decode.

- Super fast, multi-threaded encoder.

- Ultra-low memory footprint, even for a large number of GIF frames.

- Supports multiple GIF decode and playback.

- Support multiple GIF recorders with different cameras.

- Textures to GIF Converter: Converts JPG, PNG, and Texture2D (List) to GIF.

- GIF Remaker: Load existing GIFs and re-save with new settings (e.g. new Size, FPS, ...)

- Crop GIF with a specified aspect ratio(16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, etc.) input in SetRecordSettings before StartRecord.

- Rotate GIF (90, -90, 180 degrees).

- Support save Reverse and Ping-pong play mode GIF.

- Support adding and getting Comment-Extension(human readable metadata, e.g. image credit, description).

- Easily get the GIF info: image size, frame count, fps, and the first frame texture.

- Supports display gifs on Image, RawImage, Renderers(Meshes such as Cube, Plane, Sphere, etc...), GuiTexture, and any other material that supports Texture2D, Sprite, or RenderTexture.

- Easy to use GIF Manager: flexible API, auto memory management, battle-tested!

Extra:

- API helper classes for easily use the GIF API to access the world’s largest GIF library. Search for any kind of GIFs you want!

- Use your own GIF channels & API keys.

- Share on up to 15 social platforms.

- The codeless Pro GIF recorder (editor extension) for recording GIF in both the Editor play mode and runtime App, without modifying your code, just drag and drop the script/prefab to your scene.

- Some more useful stuff.

- GIF libraries full source code.

[ GIF API ]

With our GIF helper class, you can easily call the GIF APIs and receive responses in JSON format. Get access to all the GIFs and Stickers on the Giphy network.

All Giphy APIs, including Upload GIF, Search GIF, Sticker, Random, Translate, etc.

(Works with the provided Social Share feature to share gif links)

You can have your own GIF channel. Enabling your app users to upload GIFs to your channel with your own API KEY!

Create channel & apply for API keys

[ JSON Tool ]

Newtonsoft.Json, the best JSON serialize/de-serialize tool is included. Further optimization and much work were done to support Unity3D mono .NET and AOT environment. Work on mobile(Android, iOS) and desktop.

* Note that the Newtonsoft plugin included in ProGIF packages is now provided as a separate Unity package, which you can find in the “SWAN Dev” folder, and install as needed.

[ Social Share ]

Reminded: the social share feature of Pro GIF must work with the provided Giphy upload API helper classes. To make sure you fully understand how this works, please read the GIF API docs here.

We also provided a native plugin for saving GIFs to Android Gallery & iOS Photos. So your users can manually share the GIFs later!

[ Support Platform ]

- Unity5 and newer versions, Pro/Plus & Personal

- Support the Unity built-in render pipeline and Scriptable Render Pipelines: URP, LWRP, HDRP

- Support Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, Linux, WebGL, Unity Editor

- Mobile & Desktop friendly.

Pro GIF Versions:

Pro GIF

Pro GIF Universal

3rd party plugin is used in this package, some necessary changes are made to support Unity environment:

- Newtonsoft.Json: use with the 3rd party API services (e.g. Giphy APIs)

*** We welcome any questions, suggestions, and bug reports, please feel free to contact us at swan.ob2@gmail.com.

We will be happy to listen to you. Thank you!