Found a bunch of quick and easy internet tips in the
Wonderful Engineering FB group. Two of my faves -
Is GIMP too clunky for you? Creative Cloud too expensive? Not handy enough to pirate it yourself?
SumoPaint.com has got you covered. A free clone of Photoshop, running on Flash in your browser.
Want a GIF from a slice of a youtube video real fast? Add "GIF" before the word "youtube" in the url.
Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiMrrleH_hI
becomes
https://www.gifyoutube.com/watch?v=XiMrrleH_hI
gifs.com will produce it instantly.