Video to GIF
Turn a short video clip (MP4, MOV, WebM) into an animated GIF — in your browser.
Select a video file
MP4, MOV, WebM — a short clip works best
Click to choose, or drop a file here
About turning a video into a GIF
A GIF is a short, silent, looping animation that plays inline anywhere — chat, docs, forums, README files — without a video player. This tool builds one from a clip of your video, entirely in your browser: it plays the selected range, captures each frame off a canvas, and encodes them to GIF with a small library loaded on demand. The video is never uploaded.
Two things keep GIFs usable: length and size. GIF is an old format with no real compression and a 256-colour limit per frame, so a few seconds of video can already be several megabytes and video noise turns into visible dithering. The tool caps the clip length and lets you drop the frame rate (10–12 fps looks fine for most things) and the width — both shrink the file a lot.
Because it works from the playing video, it runs at roughly real time for the selected range and needs a browser that can play the source file. There's no audio in a GIF; if you need the sound, use Extract Audio from Video. For a full-length, full-quality clip, keep it as a video rather than a GIF.
Supported files
Accepts MP4, MOV, WebM and other formats your browser can play. Produces a single animated .gif.
Is my file uploaded?
No. The video is read and the GIF is built entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded, and the tool keeps working offline once loaded.
Common problems
- The GIF is huge
- Shorten the clip, lower the frame rate to 10 fps, and reduce the width. Each of those roughly halves the file.
- "Couldn't read this video"
- Your browser can't play that format. Try Chrome, or convert the file to MP4 first.
How to Video to GIF
- 1
Add your video
Drop in a short MP4, MOV or WebM clip — it's read in your browser, never uploaded.
- 2
Set the range and size
Pick the start and end, the frame rate and the width. Keep it under ~15 seconds — GIFs get large fast.
- 3
Make the GIF
Click Make GIF; frames are captured and encoded on your device, then you download the result.
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Video to GIF — frequently asked questions
Is my video uploaded?+
No. The video is read and every frame is captured and encoded to GIF entirely in your browser — nothing is sent to a server.
Why is there a length limit?+
GIF is an old, uncompressed format — a few seconds of video can be several megabytes. The tool caps the clip length to keep the result usable.
The GIF looks grainy — why?+
GIF allows only 256 colours per frame, so gradients and video noise get dithered. Lowering the frame rate or width usually helps more than it hurts.
Does it keep the audio?+
No — GIFs have no sound. To keep the audio, use Extract Audio from Video separately.
Do you upload my files to a server?+
No — every tool here processes your files entirely on your device, and nothing is uploaded to a server. The only exception is the AI tools, which send the extracted text (not the file) to Claude to do their work.
Is there a file size limit?+
There's no artificial limit we impose, but since processing happens in your browser, very large files (500+ MB or 1,000+ pages) are limited by your device's memory rather than by us.
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