Video to GIF

Choose a clip, a frame rate and a width, and get an animated GIF back. The video never leaves your browser — no upload, no queue, no watermark.

Drop MP4, WebM or MOV here, or click to select

One file, up to 200 MB

Before you start

  • One video at a time, up to 200 MB.
  • Up to 150 frames per GIF — that is 15 seconds at 10 frames per second. Longer clips still work; the frame rate is what you trade.
  • Your browser does the decoding, so a clip it cannot play cannot be converted. MP4 (H.264) and WebM are the safe bets; some phone and screen-recorder formats are not.
  • No audio. GIF has no sound track at all.
  • GIFs are big. Expect a few MB for a couple of seconds — the format stores every frame nearly in full. Halving the width quarters the file.
  • Nothing is uploaded. Conversion runs on your device, so a long clip takes a moment.

Getting a smaller GIF

GIF stores every frame more or less in full, so file size tracks frames multiplied by area almost linearly. Three levers, in order of how much they buy you:

  • Width. Halving it cuts the file to roughly a quarter, because area falls with the square.
  • Frame rate. Halving it halves the file. Ten is usually plenty; six is fine for screen recordings.
  • Duration. Two seconds of the thing people came for beats ten seconds of context.

If the result is still too heavy, the honest answer is that GIF is the wrong format — an MP4 of the same clip is usually several times smaller. Our GIF to MP4 converter goes the other way for exactly that reason.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I convert a video to a GIF?

Drop in an MP4, WebM or MOV, drag the start and end handles to the part you want, set a frame rate and a width, then press Convert to GIF. The whole thing runs in your browser, so the video is never uploaded and there is no queue to wait in.

What frame rate should I use?

Ten frames per second is the usual sweet spot: smooth enough to read as motion, and half the file size of twenty. Drop to five or six for a slideshow feel or a screen recording where nothing moves fast. Going above fifteen rarely looks better and grows the file quickly, because a GIF stores every frame in full.

Why is my GIF so large?

GIF has no inter-frame video compression the way MP4 does — each frame is close to a full image. File size is roughly frames multiplied by area, so halving the width cuts the file to about a quarter, and halving the frame rate halves it again. Those two dials do far more than anything else.

Is there a limit on length?

The tool caps a conversion at 150 frames, which is fifteen seconds at ten frames per second. That is a practical limit rather than a technical one: past it the file becomes too big to share and the wait becomes long. Trim to the moment that matters.

Does it keep the audio?

No, and it cannot. GIF is an image format with no audio track at all. If you need sound, an MP4 or WebM is the right format and most places that accept GIFs now accept those too.

Are my videos uploaded anywhere?

No. Frames are read from the video and encoded to GIF entirely inside your browser, and the download comes from memory on your device. Nothing is transmitted, which you can confirm in your Network tab.

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