Video to GIF Converter
Upload a clip, trim it, choose frame rate and width, then export a shareable GIF directly in your browser.
Upload a Video File
MP4, WebM, MOV and most browser-supported formats
Built With Care
“Each frame is drawn to a canvas and encoded with gif.js.optimized inside a Web Worker at a quality setting of 7, 12, or 18 depending on the chosen mode. The encoder caps the render at 160 frames and automatically lowers the effective FPS on longer clips so conversion stays responsive.”
Video to GIF Converter
Convert short MP4, WebM, and MOV clips into lightweight GIFs with trim, frame rate, and width controls. Encoding runs entirely in the browser, so your video is never uploaded to a server.
- 1Upload an MP4, WebM, or MOV file using the Select Video button.
- 2Drag the Clip Start and Clip End sliders to isolate the section you want, with 0.1-second precision.
- 3Choose FPS between 5 and 20, balancing motion smoothness against file size.
- 4Pick an output width of 320, 480, or 640 pixels to control resolution.
- 5Select Fast, Balanced, or High Quality encoding to trade file size against detail.
- 6Click Generate GIF, watch the progress bar, then preview and download the result.
- 7If the render times out near the 45-second limit, shorten the clip or lower the FPS before generating again.
- 8Use the frame cap warning to decide: on clips that exceed 160 frames, the encoder drops the effective FPS automatically.
- Trim + Export Workflow: Precise start and end sliders let you cut exact segments before encoding.
- FPS Control: Adjust frame rate from 5 to 20 to balance smoothness with output size.
- Width Presets: 320, 480, and 640 pixel outputs for different sharing contexts.
- Three Quality Modes: Fast, Balanced, and High Quality map to encoder settings of 18, 12, and 7.
- Browser-Side Encoding: Video stays on your device and encoding runs locally via a Web Worker.
- Frame Cap Safeguard: Long clips auto-reduce FPS to stay within the 160-frame render limit.
- Threshold Messaging: When the effective FPS differs from your choice, a toast states the applied frame count and FPS.
Video to GIF Converter Specs
Limits
- Local file, size bounded by device memory
- FPS and width controls for file size
Formats
- Input: MP4, WebM, MOV (browser-supported)
- Output: GIF
Defaults
- 10 fps
- Max width 480 px
How it works
- Canvas frame extraction + GIF encoder (client-side)
Honest caveats
- Long videos produce large GIFs — trim first
- Audio is dropped (GIF has no audio)
Real Ways People Use This
Social Media Snippets
Turn short moments from product demos or tutorials into looping GIFs for X, Slack, and Discord posts.
Support Documentation
Create micro-animations that explain UI steps faster than static screenshots.
Bug Reporting
Clip issue reproductions into a compact GIF attachment for Jira and GitHub issues.
Marketing Teasers
Extract punchy three-second loops from longer footage for landing pages and email campaigns.
Portfolio and READMEs
Animate interface behavior and code walkthroughs to make project documentation clearer.
UI Motion Reviews
Capture a short interaction sequence and share it as a loop so reviewers can see animation timing without opening the app.
Deck Embeddings
Place a compact 320 or 480 pixel loop inside presentation slides where embedded video files would bloat the deck.
- The GIF format holds a 256-color palette, so gradients and video noise can look banded; short, flat clips convert best.
- A 45-second render limit applies: very long or high-FPS clips can time out and will ask you to shorten the clip or lower the FPS.
- Only formats your browser can decode are supported, which in practice means MP4 and WebM in most modern browsers.
- 1Keep clips between 3 and 8 seconds for the best size-to-quality ratio.
- 2Preview the loop and check the output size before downloading.
- 3Use Fast mode for large sources and High Quality only for short, detail-heavy clips.