Cinemagraphs ("the new GIFs")

[kibaxx7]

"These works of art are not exactly a photo, but not a video either. The term cinemagraph may have been around before, but I can’t find much on the topic. While these photos are gifs, they are more than just simple animation gifs, they are still photos with simply one aspect of the photo moving."

[shadowgrin]

While these photos are gifs, they are more than just simple animation gifs, they are still photos with simply one aspect of the photo moving."

So it's not a simple animation gif. Just a more 'complex' gif.
A gif's a gif. Looks cool though.

[benji]

I love the pretentious name and how it's somehow more than a "simple GIF."

It's like they've never seen a Hannah-Barbara cartoon.

[Christian.]

Yeah it looks cool.

[kibaxx7]

Yeah, that's the word, a more "complex" GIF. Looks nice, specially the first one.

[rise]

Looks pretty nice.

[Andrew]

shadowgrin put it best, a gif's a gif. Still pretty cool though.