What is GIF?
A plain-English definition, and the tools that work with it.
A GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is an image format best known for short, silent, looping animations. It's limited to 256 colors, which keeps simple loops small but makes it a poor choice for detailed video or photographs.
- GIFs loop automatically and play everywhere, which is why they're popular for reactions and quick demos.
- They're inefficient for anything long or detailed, a few seconds of video as a GIF can be surprisingly large.
- For longer or higher-quality motion, a short muted MP4/WebM is smaller and smoother than a GIF.
Tools for GIF
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Video to GIF
Turn a video into a high-quality animated GIF right in your browser. Pick a start, duration, frame rate and width, get a two-pass palette for clean color, then preview and download. Nothing is uploaded.
GIF to Video
Convert an animated GIF into a smaller, smoother MP4 or WebM right in your browser. Modern video compression typically shrinks a GIF to a fraction of its size and plays back cleaner, and nothing is ever uploaded.
Video Trimmer
Cut and trim video online in your browser, drag a visual timeline to set exact start and end points, preview the selection, and download the clip. No uploads, no account, no watermark.
Video Compressor
Compress video in your browser with FFmpeg, shrink MP4, MOV, WebM and MKV files with a simple quality slider, see the exact bytes and percentage saved next to a live preview, then download. Nothing is uploaded.
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