Video

MP4 to GIF

Turn a short video clip into an animated GIF.

Video file

Choose a file to convert. It's processed locally — never uploaded. Tip: add several files to convert them all at once.

Settings

Output

Result appears here after you select

{ } How to use

  1. Choose the video — a short clip. Trim it first if it is long.
  2. Set the frame rate and the width. Both change the file size a great deal.
  3. Select Process, then download the GIF.

{ } How it works

MP4 to GIF works on the file you upload. Adjust the options, then select Process ▸ and it runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded to a server — then shows the result in the Output panel.

Inputs

  • Video file — upload a file (video/*); it is read locally in your browser
  • Frames per second — a value (default: "10")
  • Width (px) — a value (default: "480")

Output

A downloadable GIF file — use the Download button in the Output panel.

{ } Common uses

  • Turn a few seconds of screen recording into a GIF for an issue or a chat message.
  • Make a looping animation for a page that cannot embed video.
  • Pull a short clip out of a longer video as an image everything can display.

{ } Limitations

  • A GIF holds 256 colours per frame and stores every frame in full, which makes it a very inefficient way to carry video. Ten seconds can easily become tens of megabytes — nothing here caps the length, and nothing stops you producing a file too big to use.
  • The palette is not built from your clip. GIF Optimizer chooses its 256 colours by looking at the animation itself, which is the largest quality gain available for a GIF; running this and then that looks noticeably better than this alone.
  • The height follows from the width to hold the aspect ratio and cannot be set directly. Audio is discarded, because a GIF has none.

{ } FAQ

Is my data uploaded to a server?

No. Everything runs locally in your browser — your files never leave your device.

Can I process more than one file at once?

Yes — add several files and they’re all processed and downloaded together as a ZIP.

Is this tool free?

Yes — it’s completely free and needs no sign-up.

My GIF is enormous. What should I change first?

Lower the frame rate — it scales the size almost directly, and 10 to 15 is normal for a GIF. Then reduce the width. Then trim the clip shorter. If it is still too big, the honest answer is that GIF is the wrong format for a clip that length, and an MP4 will be a fraction of the size and look better.