Convert a video to an animated GIF online: pick the part you want, set the frame rate and size, and watch the GIF before you save it.
or browse filesdrop a video here
Long clips make big GIFs. Shorten the part or pick a smaller width.
This free video to GIF converter turns a clip into an animated GIF right in your browser. Select an MP4, WebM or MOV video, drag the two handles under "Part of the video" to the moment you want, and the GIF is made and plays on the screen before you download it. While you move a handle the picture shows the frame it sits on, so the GIF starts and ends exactly where you meant. It is the quick way to turn a funny moment from a phone recording into a reaction GIF, cut a product demo into a loop for a chat or a README, or make a short animation for a slide.
Frame rate runs from 5 to 30 frames per second. 10 to 15 is what most GIFs use and keeps motion smooth; 25 or 30 is for fast action, and 5 gives a choppy, flipbook look. Width sets the GIF's size - 320, 480, 640 or 800 pixels wide, or the video's own size - and the height follows the video's shape, portrait or landscape. Speed plays the part slower or faster: 0.5x for slow motion, 2x or 3x to squeeze a long action into a short loop. Loop forever is on by default; switch it off for a GIF that plays once and stops on its last frame.
A GIF holds at most 256 colours, so every frame is mapped to one shared palette taken from the whole part you picked. Under Colours you can go down to 128, 64 or 32 for a smaller file with a flatter look, and "Smooth gradients" dithers skies and skin tones instead of cutting them into bands. Long clips make big GIFs: the size grows with every second, every frame per second and every pixel of width, so a short part at 480 pixels is the sweet spot. Areas that do not move, like a screen recording's background, are stored once and cost almost nothing after the first frame.
Going the other direction? /gif-to-mp4/ turns a GIF back into a real video, which is far smaller and plays everywhere. To build a GIF from photos instead of a video, use /images-to-gif/, and to grab single stills from a clip, /video-frame-extractor/. Once you have your GIF, /compress-gif/ can make it smaller and /gif-tools/ lists the rest of the GIF editors on the site.
Your video never leaves your device. The browser plays it, the frames are read and encoded into a GIF on your own computer or phone, and nothing is uploaded - which matters for home videos, screen recordings of work and anything you would not post as it is. There is no signup and no watermark on the GIF.
Select the video, drag the start and end handles to the part you want, choose the frame rate and width, and watch the preview. When it looks right, press Download and the GIF is saved.
Anything your browser can play: MP4 (H.264), WebM and MOV from most phones and cameras. An iPhone video in HEVC works where the browser can play HEVC, such as Safari; if a file will not open, save it as MP4 first.
10 to 15 frames per second looks smooth for most clips and keeps the file reasonable. Go higher only for fast movement - every extra frame adds to the size.
GIF is an old format with no real video compression, so length, frame rate and width all multiply the size. Shorten the part, lower the frame rate or pick a smaller width, or use fewer colours.
No. The GIF is exactly the frames you picked, with no watermark, logo or signup.
No. The whole conversion happens in your browser; the video and the GIF stay on your device.