About this tool
Pick a start point and a length, choose the size and frame rate, and the converter turns that slice of your video into a looping GIF. It generates an optimized color palette from the actual frames before encoding, so colors stay accurate and banding is minimal, which is a big step up from the default "quick and dirty" GIF export most apps produce.
A few rules of thumb: GIF file size grows with width, frame rate, and length, so 480 px wide at 12 fps for 5-8 seconds gives a crisp, shareable result that is usually under 5 MB. For reaction GIFs and memes, 320 px at 10 fps is plenty. If you need a small file for a chat app, drop the color count to 128.
How to use it
- Drop your MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV file into the box above, or click to browse. Nothing is uploaded.
- Adjust the options if you want; the defaults suit most files.
- Click the button and wait a moment.
- Download the result.
Questions
Why is my GIF so large?
GIF stores every frame as an image with no video-style compression. Reduce the width, frame rate, or length, or lower the color count to shrink it.
Can I make a GIF from a long video?
Yes, but keep the selected length under about 30 seconds. Longer GIFs balloon to tens of megabytes and many platforms reject them.
Does the GIF loop?
Yes, GIFs made here loop forever, which is what chat apps and social networks expect.
Is there a watermark?
No. Never.
Is it free, are files uploaded, which browsers work: the general questions are answered once for the whole site.