Video to GIF converter

Files up to 100 MB and 60 minutes; the GIF itself can be up to 30 seconds.

Your file is deleted from our server as soon as the result is made, and the result 15 minutes later.

Result

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Add your file to begin. The result shows here.

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Studio cuts short vertical clips from your recording, with captions timed to your voice.

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00:20How it works

How to make a GIF from a video

Add your videoAny common video format, up to 100 MB.
Mark the momentDrag the handles around the part you want. A GIF can be up to 30 seconds; 2 to 6 seconds is typical.
Set width and frame rate480 pixels wide at 12 frames a second is a good start. Both numbers drive the file size.
Make the GIFIt plays on a loop in the result panel with its size shown.

00:30The details

What goes in and what comes out

Accepts: MP4, MOV, WEBM, MKV, AVI, M4V, TS, MTS, M2TS, FLV, WMV, MPG, MPEG, VOB, 3GP, GIF
Returns: Animated GIF
Limits: Files up to 100 MB and 60 minutes; the GIF itself can be up to 30 seconds.
Privacy: Your file is uploaded to our processing server over an encrypted connection, worked on, and deleted. The uploaded file is removed as soon as the result is ready; the result is removed 15 minutes later. Nobody looks at it and it is never used for anything else.
Cost: Free. No account, no watermark, no trial that runs out.

00:35Worth knowing

Getting a good result

Keeping a GIF small

GIF is a format from 1987. It stores at most 256 colors per frame and compresses poorly, so size grows fast: doubling the width roughly quadruples the file, and doubling the frame rate doubles it. To shrink a GIF, shorten it first, then narrow it, then lower the frame rate. Chat apps and forums often cap the size of a GIF, so check the limit where you plan to post it.

Why the colors look right

The tool studies your clip and builds a palette of the 256 colors that matter most in it, then dithers between them. That avoids the banding and blotchy skin tones of a fixed palette.

When a video is better

For a web page, a short muted MP4 or WebM that loops looks sharper and is often a tenth of the size of the same GIF. Use GIF where video is not accepted: some email clients, chat tools and documentation systems.

00:40Questions