UseTool

Video to GIF

Turn a short piece of a video into a GIF. Pick the section, the width and the frame rate — everything runs on your device.

Drop a video hereMP4 · MOV · WebM · MKV

🔒 Your video never leaves your device.

How it works

How it works

  1. 1

    Add what goes in

    Drop your MP4, M4V, MOV, WebM and 6 more formats here, or pick it from your device.

  2. 2

    Start it

    Set the frame rate and size, then start. Everything runs in this browser — no upload, no queue, no account.

  3. 3

    Take the result

    The GIF is ready the moment the run finishes. Save it straight to your device.

What this tool does

Video to GIF
Turns a stretch of video into an animated GIF. GIF knows only 256 colours per frame and no sound, so gradients get banded and the file grows fast — keep the stretch short.

When you need this

  • A funny moment from a video should loop in a team chat without a play button.
  • A short screen recording has to be embedded in documentation that does not support video.

Supported formats

MP4MOVWebMMKV

Good to know

Frequently asked questions

What files can I use here?

Reads MP4, M4V, MOV, WebM and 6 more formats. One file at a time.

What do I get back?

You get GIF.

Does the file lose quality?

Every frame is decoded and encoded again. That is what makes the file smaller or different — and it costs some detail, most visibly in fast motion and fine texture.

When does it not work?

Which video codecs work depends on your browser. Chrome and Edge read the most, including H.265 on many machines; Safari and Firefox refuse some. A file that will not open here usually opens in Chrome. A long or high-resolution video is limited by your device's memory. Phones give up earlier than laptops — half an hour of 4K can be too much.

Does the video lose quality?

Only when it has to be re-encoded. Cutting, joining and removing the sound track copy the picture data unchanged, so those are lossless. Compressing and adding a watermark do re-encode, which is why they take longer.

How long may a video be?

There is no fixed limit. What decides is the memory of your device: a phone manages a few minutes comfortably, a computer handles far more. If a long video fails, splitting it first and working on the parts usually helps.

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Your files stay on your device

Your video never leaves your device.

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