How long should the video be?

Short is better, a few seconds at most. A GIF stores every frame as an image, so a long clip becomes a large file fast. Trim to the moment you actually want to loop and it stays small and sharp.

Will the GIF have sound?

No. GIFs can't carry audio, since it's an image format rather than a video one. If the sound matters, keep the original video; the GIF is just the silent, looping picture.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The palette analysis and the encoding both run in your browser, so the clip is never sent to a server and nothing is stored once you leave the page.

Which formats can I bring in?

MP4, MOV, and WebM all work as they are. Got an AVI, MKV, or something more obscure? Convert it to one of those three first and it'll drop right in.

Why is my GIF smaller than the video?

We scale the width down to keep the file manageable, since full-resolution GIFs get huge quickly. It still looks crisp at the size people actually view GIFs.

Is there a watermark or a size limit?

No watermark, ever. There's no hard size cap either, though very large clips lean on your device's memory, so a short video is the sweet spot and converts in seconds.

Convert Video to GIF

Drop in a short clip and get a clean, looping GIF you can paste into a chat, a doc, or a post. It converts right in your browser, with no upload and no watermark.

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Everything runs in your browser — your files are never uploaded.

MP4 · MOV · M4V · ≤ 15s · ≤ 100 MB

Video to GIF

A GIF that looks good, not a blurry mess

GIFs have a reputation for looking rough: banded colors, muddy gradients, huge files. This converter builds a color palette tuned to your clip first, then renders the GIF against it, so the colors stay close to the original instead of smearing. You get a loop that's actually pleasant to look at.

Both the palette pass and the encode run inside your browser, so the clip stays on your own machine from start to finish. Feed it a short MP4, MOV, or WebM, keep it to a few seconds, and a shareable GIF drops back in a moment. No account needed to try it, and nothing is stamped across the result.

Built for GIFs that are actually worth sharing

Sharp colors, sensible file sizes, nothing uploaded.

Crisp colors from a custom palette

We analyze your clip and build a palette tuned to it before rendering, so the GIF keeps its colors instead of turning into a banded, dithered mess.

The palette and encode run locally

Both passes happen on your own device, so the clip is never sent anywhere and no copy is left sitting on a server.

Reasonable file sizes

We scale the width and use a sensible frame rate, so the GIF stays light enough to drop into a chat or email without getting bounced for size.

Plays anywhere a GIF plays

The output is a standard animated GIF, so it loops on its own in Slack, iMessage, Discord, docs, and just about any website.

Feed it almost any clip

MP4, MOV, and WebM all drop straight in. Screen recordings, a clip saved from a chat, or a few seconds trimmed out of something longer all loop fine.

Free to try, no watermark

Your first few conversions need no account. Sign in (it's free) to keep making GIFs as often as you want, and never a watermark.

How it works

Make a GIF from a video in three steps

From a short clip to a loop you can paste anywhere.

Drop in a clip

Add an MP4, MOV, or WebM from your device. A couple of seconds of clear motion makes the cleanest loop.

Convert in your browser

We build a color palette from the clip and render the GIF against it. Nothing leaves your device while it works.

Download and share

Save the GIF and drop it straight into a message, a doc, or a post. It loops on its own, no player needed.

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Turn that clip into a real Live Photo, or convert a GIF into one.

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