Turn a video or a few photos into a GIF.
Cut up to 15 seconds from an MP4, MOV or WebM clip, or line up JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, BMP or HEIC photos. The file never leaves your device.
Drop a video or images, or click to choose · Ctrl+V to paste
Video: MP4, MOV, WebM · Images: JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, BMP, HEIC/HEIF (several images make a flip-book GIF)
Up to 200MB per file. Videos and images are processed on this device and never sent anywhere.
A GIF from a clip, without uploading the clip
Most video-to-GIF sites send the video to their server first. A video is usually larger and more private than a photo: a child at a birthday, a screen recording from work, footage that is not out yet. Here the browser's own video player opens the clip, the frames are taken from it on your device and the GIF is written there as well, so the file never leaves your device. There is no account, nothing to pay, and no watermark on the result.
What a GIF can and cannot be
To be straight about it: a GIF holds at most 256 colours and stores every frame as its own picture. Smooth gradients can show bands, and the file grows quickly with length and width. No converter gets around that, this one included. The one thing that can be done well is the palette: here it is sampled from every frame, so a clip that opens on a black or flat frame does not come out in one colour. When colour or length matters, share the video instead of a GIF.
Settings for common jobs
| For | Width | Smoothness | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| A reaction in a chat | 240 px | 8 fps | 1–2 sec |
| Showing the steps of a task | 480–640 px | 10 fps | 5–10 sec |
| Fast movement | 320 px | 15 fps | 2–3 sec |
From photos
Drop several images at once and they become a flip-book GIF, one image per frame, in the order you chose them. Each is shown for 0.2, 0.4, 0.8 or 1.5 seconds. The GIF takes the shape of the first image, and a picture of another shape is fitted inside it with white bars instead of being stretched. HEIC photos from an iPhone go in as they are.
What comes out
It opens MP4, MOV and WebM clips that your browser can play, and JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, BMP and HEIC/HEIF images, up to 200MB per file. One clip at a time; a clip and images cannot be mixed. The GIF is 240, 320, 480 or 640 pixels wide, at 5, 8, 10 or 15 frames per second for a clip, and it loops forever. The size and the number of frames are shown under the preview before you press Save GIF.
What it does not do
- · Sound. A GIF cannot carry audio
- · More than 15 seconds or wider than 640px. Both caps keep a phone from running out of memory halfway through
- · Open an existing GIF. It writes GIFs; it does not take one apart or edit it
- · Text or stickers on the frames. The frames go into the GIF as they are
- · Shrink a finished GIF. To get a smaller file, lower the width or the smoothness here and make it again
How to use it (three steps)
- 1. Drag and drop a video, or several images (or click to choose)
- 2. Set the Start, the Length and the Smoothness for a clip, or the Time per image for photos; then the Width
- 3. Press Make GIF, check the preview and press Save GIF
Frequently asked questions
Is my video uploaded anywhere?
No. The clip is opened by your browser, the frames are taken from it on your device, and the GIF is written there too. Nothing is sent to a server; there is no upload endpoint to send it to, so there is also nothing to delete afterwards. A family video or a screen recording of work can go in as it is.
Which video formats work?
Whatever your browser can play. MP4 (H.264) and WebM open almost everywhere. A MOV from an iPhone opens in many browsers, but one recorded in HEVC may not open in every browser on every computer; when a clip cannot be opened the page tells you straight away, and an MP4 is the thing to try instead.
How long can the GIF be?
Up to 15 seconds from one clip. Choose where it starts and how long it runs. A GIF stores every frame as a separate picture, so the file grows with the length, the width and the frame rate together; past ten seconds or so a video file is usually the better thing to share.
Why do the colours look different from the video?
A GIF can hold at most 256 colours. Smooth gradients, such as a sky or skin, can show bands where the shades meet. That is the format, and every converter runs into it. The palette here is taken from every frame of the clip rather than the first one alone, so a clip that opens on a dark or flat frame does not come out in a single colour.
Can I make a GIF from photos?
Yes. Drop several images at once and they become the frames, in the order you chose them. Each one is shown for 0.2, 0.4, 0.8 or 1.5 seconds. The GIF takes its shape from the first image; pictures of a different shape are fitted inside it with white bars rather than stretched. JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, BMP and HEIC/HEIF photos are read, so iPhone photos go in without converting them first.
Is there a watermark?
No. Nothing is added to the frames. The GIF loops forever, which is what chat apps and web pages expect.
Is there sound?
No. A GIF has no way to carry audio. If the sound matters, share the clip as a video.
The GIF is too big. What helps most?
Width first: halving the width cuts the pixels in every frame to a quarter. Then lower the smoothness (frames per second), then shorten the length. The number of frames the GIF will have is shown before you press Make GIF.
Can I edit a GIF I already have?
No. This tool writes GIFs; it does not open one and take it apart, so an existing GIF is not accepted as input. To turn a GIF into a still picture, the image converter keeps its first frame.
To give photos of different shapes the same shape before you line them up, use theimage cropper; to turn a GIF into a still picture, theimage converter; and to put a caption on a single picture, theadd text to image tool. All three run in the browser too.