Configuring GIF Animation Recorders

The GIF Animation Recorder generates an animated .gif file.

This page covers properties specific to GIF Animation Recorders. To fully configure a GIF Animation Recorder, you must also set:

GIF Animation Recorder properties

Property:		Function:
Capture		Specifies the input for the recording.
	Targeted Camera	Records frames captured by a specific Camera, even if the Game View does not use that Camera. Selecting this option displays the Targeted Camera capture properties.
	Render Texture Asset	Records frames rendered in a Render Texture. Selecting this option displays the Render Texture Asset capture properties.
	Texture Sampling	Supersamples the Source camera during the capture to generate anti-aliased images in the recording. Use this capture method when the Rendering Resolution has the same or higher resolution than the Output Resolution. Selecting this option displays the Texture Sampling capture properties.
Encoding		Properties for controlling the quality and size of the .gif output.
	Num Colors	The number of colors used in the GIF palette table. The maximum is 256 colors. Specify a smaller palette to reduce the size of the .gif file while reducing image quality.
	Keyframe Interval	The number of frames that share the same color palette. Increase this number to reduce the size of the .gif file while reducing image quality.
	Max Tasks	The number of frames to encode in parallel. If you increase this number, it might reduce the amount of time Unity takes to encode the .gif file.

These options appear when you set Capture to Targeted Camera.

Property:		Function:
Source		Specifies which camera the Recorder uses to capture the recording. Note: some options may not appear if you're using certain render pipelines (for example HDRP).
	ActiveCamera	The Camera that is active when you launch the recording.
	Main Camera	The Camera tagged with the MainCamera Tag.
	Tagged Camera	A camera tagged with a specific Tag.
Tag		When you set Source to Tagged Camera, specifies which Tag to look for.
Output Resolution		The dimensions of the recording.
	Match Window Size	Matches the current monitor resolution.
	[PRESET RESOLUTIONS]	Choose from several standard video resolutions such as 1080p and 4K.
	Custom	Uses custom width and height values that you supply.
Aspect Ratio		These options only appear when you set Output Resolution to Custom.
	W/H	Control the recording's width and height.
Include UI		When you enable this option, the recording includes UI GameObjects. This option only appears when you set Source to ActiveCamera.
Flip Vertical		When you enable this option, the Recorder flips the output image vertically. This is useful to correct for systems that output video upside down.

These options appear when you set Capture to Render Texture Asset.

Property:		Function
Render Texture		Points to the render texture you want the Recorder to capture.
Resolution		The target render texture's resolution. Unity updates this field automatically when you select a render texture.
Flip Vertical		When you enable this option, the Recorder flips the output image vertically. This is useful to correct for systems that output video upside down.

These options appear when you set Capture to Texture Sampling.

Property:		Function
Source		Specifies which camera the Recorder uses to capture the recording. Note: some options may not appear if you're using certain render pipelines (for example HDRP).
	ActiveCamera	The Camera that is active when you launch the recording.
	Main Camera	The Camera tagged with the MainCamera Tag.
	Tagged Camera	A camera tagged with a specific Tag.
Tag		When you set Source to Tagged Camera, specifies which Tag to look for.
Aspect Ratio		The width:height ratio to format the output to.
Super Sampling		The size of the grid from which to sample.
Rendering Resolution		The dimensions of the input from which to sample.
Output Resolution		The dimensions of the video recording.