Does my video get uploaded anywhere?

No. The frames are decoded and the GIF is built in your browser. Your video never leaves your device, and once the page has loaded it works offline.

Why is my GIF file so large?

GIF is an old format with no real video compression. Every frame is stored as a separate palette image. Keep the clip short, drop the frame rate, and shrink the width to keep the file small. A few seconds is usually plenty.

Can I convert an MP4 or MOV to GIF here?

Yes. This turns MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV and other common video clips into an animated GIF. It doubles as an MP4 to GIF and MOV to GIF converter. The formats it can open depend on what your browser can decode.

What happens to the audio?

It is dropped. GIF has no audio track, so only the picture frames are kept. If you need sound, keep the original video.

Why does my GIF look grainy or banded?

GIF stores at most 256 colors per frame, so the converter reduces each frame to a palette of that size. Smooth gradients and subtle shading turn into visible bands. That is a limit of the format, not the source video.

How long a clip can I convert, and how many videos?

There is no fixed length or file-count limit. Frames are held in memory while the GIF is built, so very long or large clips can run your device low on memory. Trimming with the start and end fields keeps it manageable.

Does it set the width or end time for me?

When the video loads, the width fills in from the source (capped at 640px) and the end fills in with the full duration. Change either before clicking Create GIF. The frame rate ranges from 5 to 24 fps and width from 32 to 1280px.

Video to GIF

Turns a clip into an animated GIF at the frame rate and width you set. GIF maps everything to 256 colors.

What this does

This decodes the frames of your video, resamples them to the frame rate and width you set, and writes them out as an animated GIF. The clip is reduced to the chosen start and end range, and each frame is quantized down to a 256-color palette, since that is the most a GIF can hold. The result is a single looping .gif file.

GIF has no real motion compression: every frame is stored as its own palette image, so files grow fast with longer clips, higher frame rates, and larger widths. There is no audio track in a GIF, so sound is dropped. Color banding on gradients is normal at 256 colors.

How it works

1Drop your video (MP4, MOV, WebM and more) or pick it from your device.
2Set the frame rate and width, plus an optional start and end to trim the clip.
3Click Create GIF, preview the animation, then download the GIF.

Built with open source

Mediabunny — Converts and edits video and audio in the browser via WebCodecs. Add-on encoders cover MP3, AAC, and FLAC. · MPL-2.0
gifenc — Fast GIF encoding with color quantization. · MIT

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