Pro GIF Q & A

(1) What are the differences between Pro GIF Recorder Toolkit, Pro GIF, and Pro GIF Universal?

All three assets provide the encoder and GIF managers for recording GIFs. Supports instant preview of the newly recorded GIF frames in the recorder. With some additional optimization and enhancement compared to other GIF assets.

In contrast, Pro GIF & Pro GIF Universal provides powerful GIF player solutions in addition to the Pro GIF Recorder Toolkit.
Pro GIF Universal further boosts the decoder(player) speed up to 70% faster than Pro GIF. Pro GIF decoder is the second version(V2, released on Jun 3, 2017) of our decoder, while the Universal decoder is the third version (V3, released on Jul 15, 2019).

(2) Can I upgrade to higher versions from Pro GIF Recorder Toolkit or Pro GIF?

Yes, you can upgrade to higher versions any time you want, with a cheaper upgrade price (deduct the lite version price).

Upgrade: Pro GIF Recorder Toolkit ➤ Pro GIF ➤ Pro GIF Universal

(3) Is it suitable for Mobile applications? Any performance issues?

Sure, our assets are designed for running on cross-platforms.
Mobile devices like Android, iOS phones/pads are also essential platforms we focused on. All our assets have great performance on both mobile and desktop platforms.

Compare : Pro GIF Series

The following chart mainly compares our Recorder(Encoder) and Player(Decoder) features. The assets also included many useful plugins, APIs, easy-to-use components, and plenty of example scenes from simple to advanced use cases, which we don't repeat again here.

Pro GIF Recorder Toolkit

GIF Manager

Make it easy to integrate the recorder and preview features. Save your time, and ensure your integration is smooth and properly done.

PGif : good for multiple recorder & preview instances
ProGifManager : single recorder & preview instance, with simple social share methods

Recorder/Encoder

Advanced GIF Recorder + Encoder
Record GIF with camera
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Supports Transparent GIF
Multiple Recorders
Run in threads, Multi-Threaded
256 Colors separated color table
Save reverse playback mode GIF
Save ping-pong playback mode GIF
Record, Pause, Resume, Stop, Save, & Clear/Cancel options
Customizable recording settings:

- Duration

- Resolution

- Aspect Ratio/Crop

- FPS

- Rotation

- Quality

Instant Preview Player (Play the stored frames. *Not decoder)
Codeless Recorder editor extension
JSON helper manager for Giphy API
Supports All Unity player platforms (except WebGL)

Pro GIF

GIF Manager

Make it easy to integrate the recorder, player, and preview features. Save your time, and ensure your integration is smooth and properly done.

PGif : good for multiple recorder & player & preview instances
ProGifManager : single recorder & player & preview instance, with simple social share methods

Recorder/Encoder

Advanced GIF Recorder + Encoder
Record GIF with camera
GIF Converter: convert JPG/PNG/Textures to GIF
Supports Transparent GIF
Multiple Recorders
Run in threads, Multi-Threaded
256 Colors separated color table
Save reverse playback mode GIF
Save ping-pong playback mode GIF
Record, Pause, Resume, Stop, Save, & Clear/Cancel options
Customizable recording settings:

- Duration

- Resolution

- Aspect Ratio/Crop

- FPS

- Rotation

- Quality

Instant Preview Player (Play the stored frames. *Not decoder)
Codeless Recorder editor extension
JSON helper manager for Giphy API
Supports All Unity player platforms (except WebGL)

Player/Decoder

Advanced GIF Player & Decoder
High-Speed decode, up to 11X compared to V1 decoder
Load & Play instantly
Retrieve information of GIF by reading the header data
Decode specific number of frames
Memory usage optimization
Auto cache GIF frames in the player
Supports Transparent GIF
Supports Variable framerate
Supports Interlaced GIF
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Play multiple GIFs
Play on all objects those support Texture2D, Sprite or RenderTexture
Runs in threads (except WebGL)
Runs in coroutine mode for WebGL
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Reverse & Ping-pong play mode for any GIFs
Play, Pause, Resume, Stop, playback control options
Codeless load & playback scripts
Supports most of the GIFs on the Internet, suitable for most projects (~99.8%, only 1 incompatible case reported by our customer since the first release)
V2 Decoder
Supports All Unity player platforms

Pro GIF Universal

GIF Manager

Make it easy to integrate the recorder, player, and preview features. Save your time, and ensure your integration is smooth and properly done.

PGif : good for multiple recorder & player & preview instances
ProGifManager : single recorder & player & preview instance, with simple social share methods

Recorder/Encoder

Advanced GIF Recorder + Encoder
Record GIF with camera
GIF Converter: convert JPG/PNG/Textures to GIF
Supports Transparent GIF
Multiple Recorders
Run in threads, Multi-Threaded
256 Colors separated color table
Save reverse playback mode GIF
Save ping-pong playback mode GIF
Record, Pause, Resume, Stop, Save, & Clear/Cancel options
Customizable recording settings:

- Duration

- Resolution

- Aspect Ratio/Crop

- FPS

- Rotation

- Quality

Instant Preview Player (Play the stored frames. *Not decoder)
Codeless Recorder editor extension
JSON helper manager for Giphy API
Supports All Unity player platforms (except WebGL)

Player/Decoder

Advanced GIF Player & Decoder
Ultra-Speed decode, up to 19X compared to V1 decoder
Load & Play instantly
Retrieve information of GIF by reading the header data
Decode specific number of frames
Memory usage optimization
Auto cache GIF frames in the player
Supports Transparent GIF
Supports Variable framerate
Supports Interlaced GIF better and more efficient
Play multiple GIFs
Play on all objects those support Texture2D, Sprite or RenderTexture
Runs in threads (except WebGL)
Runs in coroutine mode for WebGL
Multi-Threaded option for playing multiple GIFs (except WebGL)
Reverse & Ping-pong play mode for any GIFs
Play, Pause, Resume, Stop, playback control options
Codeless load & playback scripts
Supports all sorts of GIFs on the Internet (~99.99%, actually we haven't come across a GIF that can't decode with the Pro GIF Universal decoder)
V2 + V3 Decoders
Supports All Unity player platforms