Video to GIF Converter
Convert MP4, MOV, WebM, and other videos to animated GIF online. Turn a clip into a looping GIF for chats, docs, and social — no account, no watermark.
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Drop multiple images to combine them into one PDF, Word document, or PowerPoint presentation — or convert each image separately.
Drop a video and the converter opens preset to GIF. Short clips become smooth looping animations you can drop into messages, issues, and slides.
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Use cases
Bug reports
Show a repro as a looping GIF in a GitHub or Jira issue.
Product demos
Embed a short feature clip in docs or a landing page.
Reactions
Make a shareable reaction GIF from a favorite clip.
Social posts
Drop a looping highlight into chats and timelines.
A GIF is not a small video
GIF stores every frame as a separate palette image with no compression between frames. Video codecs work by describing what changed since the last frame, which is why a ten-second MP4 can be a few hundred kilobytes and the same clip as a GIF can be twenty megabytes.
To keep the output usable, the clip is downsampled rather than transcoded: frame rate is capped at 12 fps, width is scaled to 480 px with the height following the aspect ratio, a 128-colour palette is generated from the footage, and the frames are dithered onto it. The result loops indefinitely.
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Frame rate | 12 fps |
| Width | 480 px, height follows the aspect ratio |
| Colours | 128, generated from the clip itself |
| Audio | Removed — GIF has no sound |
| Looping | Continuous |
Where GIF is the right answer, and where it is not
It is the right answer for a few seconds of flat graphics: a UI demo in a README, a short screen recording, a reaction clip somewhere that will not embed video. Those compress well against a limited palette and read clearly at 480 px.
It is the wrong answer for filmed footage of any length. Skies, skin tones and gradual fades band visibly at 128 colours, and file size grows with every second. If the destination supports video at all, an MP4 or WebM will be smaller and look far better.
Trim the clip before converting. A GIF's size scales almost linearly with duration, so cutting ten seconds down to three is the single most effective thing you can do.
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Frequently asked questions
Which video formats can I use?+
MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, AVI, and other common video formats are supported.
Will the GIF loop?+
Yes. GIFs loop automatically, which is ideal for short reaction clips and demos.
Should I keep clips short?+
Yes. GIFs grow large fast — short clips keep the file small and smooth.