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How to Make Custom GIFs for your Substack Newsletter
It’s easier than you might imagine
I got Substack About Page envy today. While doing research for my soon-to-be published Substack Success book, I discovered that in the last few months many more creators have started using simple text-based GIFs on their About pages. And they look good.
Working with GIFs is easy in Substack; you can handle them just like you would any static image. You can find GIFs all over the internet, and there’s one for almost any occassion, but what if you want to make your own?
In this post, I show you how to make your own sweet-looking word GIFs, so you can say “Sign up” or “Thank you” to your subscribers with panache. Here’s how.
Step 1 Pretend You’re a Shit-Hot Graphic Designer
Start by logging in to your Canva account. You do have a Canva account, don’t you?
If you haven’t found Canva yet, please allow me to introduce you. Canva, meet you. You, meet Canva. You guys are going to get on like a house on fire 🔥. Canva is your “Graphic Design for Dummies” tool. Use it to make logos and infographics and social media content.
And GIFs.
Creating a Canva account is easy and free and you won’t get a lot of spam. Just go to…
