Video to GIF Converter

It is a free browser tool that turns video clips into animated GIFs. Add one or more videos and each is listed with a preview, its dimensions and its length. Set the output width and frames per second, then click Convert to GIF. The tool plays through the start of each video, captures frames at your chosen rate, up to 15 seconds, and encodes them as a looping GIF. A Download button appears beside each finished file.

The converter has no trimming controls: it always starts at the beginning of the video and captures up to the first 15 seconds. To convert a moment from the middle of a longer video, trim it first, using your phone's built-in trim function or any video editor, then save the short clip and add that to the tool. Trimming also keeps the GIF small and focused on the moment you want.

A GIF plays automatically and loops without a video player, and it works in places that do not embed video, such as many email newsletters, forums and some messaging apps. That makes it handy for a short behind-the-scenes loop, a before-and-after flicker or a teaser for a gallery. The trade-offs are size and quality: GIFs are limited to 256 colors and are larger than an equivalent video, so keep them short and small.

Use it when you need a short, silent loop that plays everywhere: a behind-the-scenes moment for a newsletter, a quick product spin, a reaction shot for social media or a preview of a session for a client email. It suits clips of a few seconds with simple motion. For longer clips, sound or high image quality, share the video file itself, since GIF is not designed for that.

GIF stores every frame as a full image with basic compression, so size grows with width, frame rate and duration. The tool captures up to 15 seconds, so at 10 frames per second that is 150 frames. To shrink the file, lower the output width, for example from 320 to 240 pixels, reduce the frame rate to 8 or 10, and trim the video to just the moment you need before converting.

An MP4 uses modern video compression, millions of colors and can carry sound, so it gives high quality at small file sizes but needs a video player. A GIF is an older image format that stores a sequence of frames, each limited to 256 colors, with no sound. GIFs autoplay and loop almost anywhere, but they are much larger and lower in quality for the same clip. Use MP4 for real video and GIF for short, simple loops.

Any video your browser can play, because the tool uses the browser's own video player to read frames. MP4 files with H.264 video work in all major browsers, and WebM works in most. MOV files work when the browser supports the codec inside them, which is not always the case, for example with some HEVC clips from phones. If a file will not convert, re-export it as an H.264 MP4.

If you see a message that the conversion engine is still loading, wait a moment and click Convert again. If a file shows Conversion Failed, your browser most likely cannot decode that video's codec; re-export it as an H.264 MP4 and try again. Very high width and frame rate settings on a long clip can also strain an older device, so try 320 pixels at 10 frames per second first. Videos are never sent anywhere, so a weak connection does not matter.

Each GIF frame can hold only 256 colors, while video frames contain thousands, so the encoder reduces the colors and smooth gradients such as skies and skin tones can show banding or speckle. The GIF is also usually much smaller than the video, 320 pixels wide by default, which softens detail. Increasing the width up to 800 pixels helps detail but makes the file larger. Clips with simple colors convert most cleanly.

Enter a value from 1 to 24 frames per second; the default is 10. Around 10 to 15 gives reasonably smooth motion for most clips while keeping files manageable. Lower rates, such as 5, give a choppier, stop-motion feel and much smaller files, which can suit slow scenes. Higher rates look smoother but add frames: every extra frame per second adds 15 frames to a full 15-second clip, increasing size and processing time.