Sini TuuliaApply the cuddles to the cat for emotional wellbeing benefits. Directly to the surface of the cat! The cuddles, apply them, onto the cat. Gently hold, pet if desired. Results may vary but soft and warm, good for brain.
Apply the cuddles directly onto the cat to feel better. Directly onto the surface of the cat! Repeat as required!
(I've been experimenting with the GIF creation properties of Shotcut, and so far have managed to create smaller video file sizes than GIF clip file sizes, which is remarkable. I'm sure I could figure it out eventually, or get a specific GIF converter or compressor programme, but certainly not today.)
Sindarina, Edge Case Detective@sinituulia FYI, in case you are not aware; Mastodon converts all GIF files to MP4 video files, which are much smaller, and treats any video file shorter than X number of seconds (60, IIRC) as a 'GIF'.
There is therefore no need to turn short movie clips into actual GIF files before uploading them.
@sindarina I'm most concerned about them never coming with the player (it's pretty janky for me and I just don't like it when I try to scroll past a video and it goes to live in the little persistent window instead of whizzing past) and I absolutely don't want to upload any audio with the clips... I've uploaded some video clips shorter than a minute and then had them both play in the video player AND with audio!
(The exported mp4 from Shotcut is absolutely tiny though, so that's nice. I just don't want the player or the audio and don't want to manually remove the latter, I really don't)
@sindarina Yeah no, just tried it to make sure. A 7 second video clip remains a video clip, with both audio and the player being the only option to play it, no discreet autoplay without clicking anything. 🥲