Making the internet a better place
August 18, 2022 2:04 pm by Matheus Morett
The Problem When people use GIPHY, they are looking to express themselves in a fun and entertaining way. Certain search results might seem funny and ironic to some but can trigger others who are struggling with mental health. With this in mind, identifying search terms that may indicate that a person is struggling helps us […]
How do I stay effective as a software engineer?
July 12, 2022 5:00 pm by Sixuan Liu
As a software engineer, I’ve always been seeking ways to stay effective. Since I’ve been working in tech for 10+ years, I’ve had the opportunity to interact with a lot of incredible individuals. I’ve seen the techniques that top performers use to maintain their productivity; thankfully, they tend to display similar patterns. In this short […]
Real-Time iOS Camera Video Matting via CoreML
May 5, 2022 1:27 pm by Dmitry Voitekh
In this article, I will share the implementation details of an iOS SwiftUI app with CoreML features. The app captures a front camera stream, applies a state-of-the-art Video Matting model, and outputs a corresponding video sequence without a background (a.k.a. green screen) in real-time.
Giphy SDK: Bridging Native SDKs in React Native
November 17, 2021 3:06 pm by Valentyn Pshoniuk
To make it easier for React Native developers to implement GIPHY and let their users share GIFs, Clips, and more, we released the GIPHY SDK for React Native a few months ago.
Part 2: Computer Vision @ GIPHY: How we Created an AutoTagging Model Using Deep Learning
January 11, 2021 5:43 pm by Dmitry Voitekh
This is part two of the GIPHY Autotagging blog post series, where we’ll cover modeling, configuration of our training environment, and share our results. In part one, we outlined our motivation for this product and provided an overview of existing related approaches. Additionally, we described the training and evaluation data we have at hand and […]
Modifying FFMPEG to Support Transparent GIFs
July 9, 2020 9:26 pm by Bjorn Roche
A sticker (left) is just a GIF (right) with transparent pixels. Here at GIPHY, we differentiate between GIFs and Stickers in our business language, as the two products are served to different searches and customers. However, we still use the GIF format to store stickers – all they really are is GIFs with transparent pixels. […]
Queer Tech Meetup @ GIPHY
December 6, 2018 3:51 pm by GIPHY
December 10, 2018 GIPHY HQ – New York, NY Join us for an exclusive look under the hood at GIPHY! GIPHY Engineering manager Bjorn Roche will provide insight into the microservice architecture and exciting engineering challenges the GIPHY team faces each day. As an engineering manager, Bjorn is responsible for all things career development and […]
Giphy Android App and Fresco
September 27, 2018 4:35 pm by Cristian Holdunu
GIPHY’s Android team recently released our third major version of the GIPHY app. In the latest release, we focused on delivering new features, redesigning the home page to support GIPHY Stories, and improving our app’s performance. We also delivered an entirely new set of GIF creation tools! Behind these front-facing features for our users, we […]
Contextually-Aware Search: GIPHY Gets Work-Specific
September 4, 2018 1:46 pm by Zachary Hay
GIPHY has popular integrations on many platforms like Facebook Messenger, Twitter, and Slack. We serve tens of billions of requests a month to all integrations via our API. Users search our industry-leading database of GIFs and stickers to find the perfect one to send in all of these messaging platforms. GIPHY’s search engine calculates CTR […]
Doing it Live at GIPHY (with AVFoundation)
July 27, 2018 6:55 pm by Andy Hin
At GIPHY, we create a lot of GIFs from live broadcasts –- TV shows, world events, sports games, and more. One of the tools we use to do this is GIPHY Capture – a MacOS app that lets you easily record your screen. Click to record, and click again to stop. Easy! But one unique […]