Video to GIF

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Click to upload or drag and drop

Video files only (Max 10MB, 2 min duration)

ℹī¸ How it works:
  • Upload your video file
  • Set the frame rate, width and the part to capture
  • Download your animated GIF

Convert Video to an Animated GIF Online for Free

Turn a video clip into a shareable animated GIF. Upload the video, set the frame rate and the width, and download the result. The whole clip is converted, so upload the piece you want — and a colour palette is built from your specific footage rather than using a generic one, which is why the result looks clean instead of blotchy. Good for reaction clips, short loops, and putting motion somewhere video is not supported. No sign-up and no watermarks.

How to Make an Animated GIF from a Video

  1. Click the upload area above or drag and drop your video (up to 10 MB and 2 minutes long).
  2. Set the frame rate — 5 to 30 FPS, with 10 a good default.
  3. Set the width — 100 to 700 pixels; the height follows automatically.
  4. Create and download your GIF.

How to Turn Part of a Video into a GIF

This tool converts the whole clip you give it, so the way to GIF just one moment is to cut that moment out first. Run the video through Trim Video, drag the handles to the few seconds you want, download that clip, then bring it here. It is worth doing anyway: a GIF of a two-second reaction is a manageable file, while a GIF of a full minute rarely is.

What to Expect from a GIF

Three things about the format catch people out. A GIF has no sound — the format has never carried audio, so whatever was said or playing in the clip does not come with it. It holds only 256 colours, which is why careless conversions band and blotch; this tool builds the palette from your own footage to keep that in check, but it cannot go beyond 256. And every frame is stored whole, with none of the compression between frames that video relies on, so a GIF can easily outweigh the video it came from. The questions below cover how to keep the size down.

Key Features

  • Adjustable frame rate – 5 to 30 FPS. Higher is smoother, lower is a much smaller file.
  • Set the width – 100 to 700 pixels, with the height scaled to match automatically
  • Two-pass colour – a 256-colour palette is generated from your own footage before the GIF is written, which is what keeps gradients and skin tones from going blotchy
  • No watermark – nothing is stamped onto the result

When You Might Need This

  • A reaction clip to drop into a chat or a comment
  • A short loop for a social post, where GIFs autoplay and videos may not
  • Showing a bug or a workflow in a ticket or email that will not take video
  • A moving illustration in a README, a wiki page or documentation
  • A quick demo of a feature that is easier to show than describe
  • An animated avatar, banner or sticker
  • Putting motion in an email, where video does not play

Frequently Asked Questions

Upload the video, choose a frame rate and a width, and download. There is nothing else to set — the colour handling is done for you. If the GIF is going somewhere with a size limit, cut the clip down with Trim Video first; that matters far more than any setting here.

For most clips, 10 FPS at 480 px wide is the sweet spot. Raise the frame rate to 15 only if the motion is fast enough to look jerky — going higher rarely reads as smoother and grows the file quickly. Drop the width to 320 px for chat and messaging, where the GIF is displayed small anyway. Above 480 px you are usually paying in megabytes for detail nobody sees.

Because a GIF can only hold 256 colours, and a naive conversion picks a generic set of them — which wrecks gradients, skies and skin tones. This tool runs the conversion twice: the first pass studies your actual footage and builds a palette from the colours it really contains, and the second writes the GIF using that palette. It is the reason the result holds up on clips that would otherwise band badly.

Yes — any video file works, whatever it came from, as long as it is under 10 MB and 2 minutes. If the format is not accepted, run it through Convert Video to MP4 first. Bear in mind that footage from films, shows and other people's videos is usually someone's copyright, so it is worth being sure of your ground before publishing one.

Because a GIF stores every frame as its own image, with no compression across frames the way video has — so a few seconds can outweigh the video it came from. Three things shrink it, in order of effect: use a shorter clip (trim it before uploading), lower the frame rate (10 FPS looks fine for most things, 15 for fast motion), and reduce the width (320–480 px is plenty for a chat or a README). Halving the width cuts the pixel count to a quarter, so it is the single biggest lever.

No — the GIF format doesn't support audio, so the result is silent. If you need the sound, grab it with our Extract Audio tool.

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