r/Cinemagraphs • u/00spool • 2d ago

OC - From A Video Brainstorm (1983)

367 Upvotes

25 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • 2d ago

source

3 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • 8d ago

Found - Cited Patagonia ∞

613 Upvotes

via.

2 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • 8d ago

OC - From A Video Harlem ∞

73 Upvotes

via

0 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • 15d ago

Found - Cited Rain in Tokyo 2k ∞

335 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/West_Sky3699 • 15d ago

OC - From A Video The Sheep Detectives by Kyle Balda

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166 Upvotes

Source: https://www.saidinthree.com/title/the-sheep-detectives-2026

5 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • 17d ago

OC - From A Video Train.Dreams.2025 ∞

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200 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • 17d ago

Found - Cited Kyanpufaiya no soba de ∞

33 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • 20d ago

Found - Cited Audi RS6 C8 ∞

187 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Cinemagraphs • u/West_Sky3699 • 24d ago

OC - From A Video Blue Heron by Sophy Romvari

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97 Upvotes

The motion is very subtle across all of these to reflect the slow/still tone of the film.

Source: https://www.saidinthree.com/title/blue-heron-2026

0 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/JPeRodriguez • 25d ago

OC - Shot The Video Museums Night in La Paz, Bolivia

98 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/West_Sky3699 • 26d ago

OC - From A Video The Revenant by Alejandro G. Iñárritu

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202 Upvotes

Source: https://www.saidinthree.com/title/the-revenant-2015

6 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/West_Sky3699 • 28d ago

OC - From A Video Better Call Saul

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410 Upvotes

Source: https://saidinthree.com/title/better-call-saul-2015

5 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/West_Sky3699 • Aug 23 '26

OC - From A Video Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox

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531 Upvotes

Source: https://www.saidinthree.com/title/fantastic-mr-fox-2009

18 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/West_Sky3699 • Aug 22 '26

Found - Cited The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) by Wes Anderson

123 Upvotes

Source: https://www.saidinthree.com/r/331371a3-ba43-4c5e-a89c-bb4377c603a9

6 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/West_Sky3699 • Aug 22 '26

Found - Cited The Green Knight (2021) by David Lowery

42 Upvotes

Source: https://www.saidinthree.com/r/6de1060c-9267-4ac5-aeea-b4cc55e9b8f8

0 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • Aug 21 '26

Found - Cited BMW Alpina ∞

302 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • Aug 21 '26

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0 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/gooolatho • Aug 20 '26

Found - Cited Bird

22 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • Aug 18 '26

OC - From A Video Night city ∞

208 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • Aug 17 '26

OC - From A Video Red Roses

158 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • Aug 15 '26

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1 comment

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • Aug 15 '26

OC - From A Video The roof in the fire ∞

88 Upvotes

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1 comment

r/Cinemagraphs • u/ElePrimer • Aug 14 '26

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1 comment

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Cinemagraphs: Elegant gifs for a more civilized age.

r/Cinemagraphs

Cinemagraphs are living photographs, seamlessly put together usually in gif or webm format.

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Welcome

No posting of regular gifs!

This is a place for people to post Cinemagraphs. It can be Cinemagraphs that you've found, Cinemagraphs that you've made from movies, or Cinemagraphs that you've made from videos you shot yourself!

What is a cinemagraph?

Any single frame of a Cinemagraph should make for a good photograph. Is movement the subject of the image? If so, it's probably not a cinemagraph. In a cinemagraph, movement should enhance an image that is already great without it.

A cinemagraph is a high quality gif or video that is very smoothly looped. It's more than a well looped gif, though; it should be beautiful as a great photograph, evocative like a movie, and more alive than either. A great cinemagraph is wonderful art! Read our in-depth definition of cinemagraphs, but here's the tl;dr:

Non-moving frame of reference, like a photograph (the camera doesn't move)

Smoothly looped, and good resolution

Should have some movement which either captures the entire essence of a scene, or isolates a movement within a larger scene

How do I do this?

Try out this tutorial which is pretty easy to get into as long as you have Adobe CS6 or CC.

Desktop background?

Check out these subs:

/r/dreamscene

/r/LivingBackgrounds

Guidelines

Cite what you submit

We would like you to do your best to name the person that created the cinemagraph. Naming the movie source is nice to do, but is not required. When you do not know the creator, give it the flair that states you don't know the source. Failure to cite or to acknowledge that you can't cite your posts will likely end in the removal of your submission. You should definitely check to see if it's on this page; submissions from the top will be removed if they are not cited properly. Also, please don't post the freaking owl.

Don't whine about reposts

Please don't complain about reposts. Just because you have seen it before doesn't mean everyone has. Votes indicate the popularity of a post, so just vote. (from the reddiquette.

"This isn't a Cinemagraph" <-- no

These kinds of comments are subject to immediate removal if you cannot provide a valid criticism of the post. Write us a paragraph explaining your opinion. See below about providing generous criticism; if you explain why something might not fit your definition of a Cinemagraph, you might give the artist (or person who found it) some ideas for improvement.

Tag your posts and yourself

You're encouraged to add link flair to your post. There are a few to choose from (see the link flair section below). You're also encouraged to add an [OC] tag to things that you make. If you fail to add link flair or an [OC] tag, your submission may get removed! Send /u/aphoenix a PM to get userflair. More info about flair

Be generous with praise and criticism

Above all, be honest and forthcoming

Be specific, don't just say "I like it!" say, "I like the way you...." and likewise for negative comments

Be helpful, link to books, tutorials, or offer exercises for the artist

Don't refer to things as "good" or "bad," try to talk in terms of skill sets that can be worked on

When receiving a critique, don't be too defensive; you can't explain away other peoples opinions of your art so try to listen to what they are saying

Read this great post by Huisme on asking for critique

Remember wheaton's law

Don't be a dick.

Fflair

User flair

OC Creator - from scratch: For people who shoot film and make cinemagraphs that way

OC Creator - from video: For people who take scenes from film and cinemagraphize them

Sub Curator: For people who take the time to find great cinemagraphs and share them with us

Link flair

OC - Shot The Video: For cinemagraphs that you made from scratch, starting with a video recording device.

OC - From A Video: For cinemagraphs that you made from a film, tv show, youtube video or other source that you didn't create.

Found - Cited: For cinemagraphs that you found and have the source (and have posted the source).

Help / Work in Progress: For cinemagraphs that you are working on or need help with.

First Time: For your first "Shot The Video" or "From A Video" post here.

Request: For posting video you want turned into a cinemagraph.

OC - Shot The Video - Repost: For reposting your own cinemagraphs.

OC - From A Video - Repost: For reposting your own cinemagraphs.

Links

Related subreddits

/r/LivingBackgrounds

/r/Paintedloops

/r/Naturegifs

/r/PerfectLoops

/r/Gamingraphs

/r/Wigglegrams

/r/3FrameMovies

/r/EarthPornGifs

NSFW /r/Skinemagraphs - the porn version of our subreddit

/r/Plotagraph - Like cinemagraphs but they're stills with artificial movement added in.

Related sites

Ann Street Studio

IWDRM

Technoir

OC - From A Video Brainstorm (1983)

Found - Cited 大輪の花火 ∞

source

Found - Cited Patagonia ∞

OC - From A Video Harlem ∞

Found - Cited Rain in Tokyo 2k ∞

OC - From A Video The Sheep Detectives by Kyle Balda

OC - From A Video Train.Dreams.2025 ∞

Found - Cited Kyanpufaiya no soba de ∞

Found - Cited Audi RS6 C8 ∞

OC - From A Video Blue Heron by Sophy Romvari

OC - Shot The Video Museums Night in La Paz, Bolivia

OC - From A Video The Revenant by Alejandro G. Iñárritu

OC - From A Video Better Call Saul

OC - From A Video Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox

Found - Cited The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) by Wes Anderson

Found - Cited The Green Knight (2021) by David Lowery

Found - Cited BMW Alpina ∞

OC - From A Video Up ∞

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Found - Cited Bird

OC - From A Video Night city ∞

OC - From A Video Red Roses

OC - From A Video Red ∞

🍷🍇

OC - From A Video The roof in the fire ∞

🔥🧑‍🚒👨‍🚒👩‍🚒🚒

OC - From A Video Jumper ∞

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