Turn a video into a GIF
Free, with no limits. No watermark. Everything happens inside your browser, so your files are never uploaded.
Which part should become a GIF?
Output settings
Choose a video to pick the part to turn into an animation.
Keep this page open. Switching to another app stops the work.
Why this tool
- Pick exactly the part you want. Drag the handles and the frame appears as you go.
- Choose the size and smoothness. You see a rough file size before you start.
- GIF or animated WebP. WebP keeps every colour and comes out less than half the size of a GIF.
- Nothing is uploaded. The work happens inside your browser.
- No install, no account, no watermark.
How to use it
- Drop a video in, or click to choose one.
- Drag the start and end handles to pick the range.
- Choose the format (GIF or animated WebP), a width and smoothness, then press "Make the GIF".
- Watch it play, then download.
Questions
Is my video uploaded?
No. Everything happens in your browser, and this site has no way to receive your video.
Can I check for myself that nothing is uploaded?
Yes. Open this page, then disconnect from the internet. With the connection off, you can still choose a file and save the result.
For the first few seconds after the page opens, it is still fetching the parts it needs, so wait a moment before disconnecting. Reloading the page needs the connection again.
Note that some of the other tools on this site fetch extra parts after reading your file — for example, the character tables needed to show a PDF that does not embed its fonts. If you have a data-saving setting turned on, nothing is fetched ahead of time either, so a connection is needed then too.
My GIF is enormous
A GIF stores a full picture for every frame, so it is far larger than the video it came from.Reducing the width helps most — halving it cuts the size to roughly a quarter. After that, lower the smoothness or shorten the range.
The colours look slightly off
A GIF can hold only 256 colours. The most-used colours in your clip are picked and everything is mapped onto them, so gradients can show banding. That is a limit of the format itself.
Is there sound?
No — a GIF cannot carry audio. If you need the sound, keep it as a video.
How long can it be?
Up to 30 seconds. Beyond that the file becomes unusable. To take a piece out of a long video, trim it first with the video trimmer.
Why are there odd rates like 12.5 frames per second?
A GIF can only express frame delays in hundredths of a second. 12.5 fps is exactly 8/100s, while 15 fps would land on 7/100s — which actually plays at 14.3 fps. This tool offers only rates that land exactly, so the GIF plays at the speed of the original.
I only want one still image
Use Grab a still — it saves PNG or JPEG.
How much can I use for free? Are there limits?
Every feature, as many times as you like. There is no daily cap, nothing changes if you sign up, and you will never be asked to pay later.
There is a limit on file size, but it comes from what a browser can handle at once. The work runs on your own device, so there is nothing for us to meter. The exact figures are in the other answers on this page.
Does this work on a phone?
Yes. Please keep the following in mind.
- Large videos can stop partway. A few hundred MB is the rough limit. A computer has more room.
- Keep this page open while it works. Switching to another app stops it.
- Saved files go to the Files app. To put them in Photos, use "Share" next to the download button.
GIF and animated WebP: which should I pick?
Pick GIF when the file has to work anywhere, such as in a chat app, an old forum or an email. Pick animated WebP for a web page or a blog: it keeps every colour and is usually less than half the size.
A GIF can only hold 256 colours, so photos and gradients come out blotchy. Animated WebP has no such limit. Every browser in use today can show it; only very old devices cannot.