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๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป How to Add GIF to your README.md

In this post I will share with you two programs that I recommend for a quick and easy way to capture your screen and successfully add it to your projectโ€™s README.

Tools

1) ShareX

At the time of writing this post ShareX is only supported in Windows (versions: 10, 8.1 and 7).

Features:

~ Intuitive and Lightweight: I used it for my personal project, the IU is incredibly straightforward, with an inkling of a modern look.

~ Fast and responsive: with a number shortcuts which allows you to capture a specific window or any part of the screen, with an option to delay the screen for up to 5 seconds until you can launch your application. ShareX also does NOT show any ads!

My Use Case:

2) LightShot

LightShot is an alternative for ShareX, possibly just as good if not better. A cool feature found in LightShot is the reverse image google search, which allows you to look for similar images in Google, I canโ€™t find a use for it myself but it is something someone may want to try. It is available for free in Windows and Mac - there is also a chrome plugin!

Finally to post it in GitHub, copy this to your README:
![Image Description](Image path or URL)

I hope you found this post helpful :)
GitHub: https://github.com/yaqoah

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