Video to GIF
Turn a clip into a looping animated GIF with a tuned colour palette.
Turn a clip into a looping animated GIF with a tuned colour palette. Free, with no sign-up, no watermark and no upload: it all runs in your browser.
What Video to GIF is for
For a short loop that has to play where video does not: an email, a bug report, a chat client, a README. The palette is built from the clip itself rather than a fixed set, which is the difference between a clean GIF and a muddy one.
How to use it
- Add your files. Drop them on the page or choose them. They stay on your device.
- Set the output format and quality. The defaults suit most files.
- Press convert and save the results, individually or as one ZIP.
Questions
Why is my GIF bigger than the video?
Because GIF is a thirty-year-old format with no motion compression: it stores frames rather than the differences between them. A ten-second GIF is routinely larger than the MP4 it came from, and looks worse.
How do I make the GIF smaller?
Halve the width, which cuts the size by roughly three quarters. Then lower the frame rate. Trimming the length helps least of the three.
Why does my GIF look grainy?
GIF holds 256 colours. A clip with gradients, skies or skin tones has to be approximated with dithering, which is the speckling you can see. Flat graphics come through cleanly.
Does the GIF keep the sound?
No. GIF has no audio track at all, which is part of why it is small enough to be worth using.