Drop a video to make a GIF
A few seconds of a video as a looping GIF, on your device.
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Turn part of a video into a GIF
This tool makes a GIF from part of a video, right in your browser. Add an MP4, MOV, MKV or WebM video, choose where the GIF starts and ends, its width and how many frames a second, and press Make GIF. There is no watermark, and the video stays on your device.
Pick the part you want
A GIF is for a moment, not a film. Type where the GIF should start and end, in seconds, and the line above the button says how many frames it will have and how big it will be before anything runs. Nothing is made until you press the button, so you can change your mind as often as you like.
The video shows on the page with its own controls, so you can play it and read the time of the moment you want.
Size, speed and smoothness
A GIF is much bigger than the video it came from, because it stores every frame as a picture. Three choices keep it small: the width (320, 480, 640 or 800 pixels, or the video’s own, never larger than the video), the frames a second (5 to 25) and how long the part is. Fewer frames and a narrower picture make a smaller file; more make it smoother.
A GIF can hold only 256 colours. The tool picks them from the whole part, so every frame uses the same set, and by default mixes them a little so a sky or a skin tone keeps its shading. If you would rather have a smaller file, switch to flat colours.
A GIF has no sound. You can choose to repeat it for ever, or play it once.
Long videos and big pictures
The video is read a frame at a time and never held whole, so a long video is fine; it is the part you pick that has to fit. Each frame is kept as one byte a pixel while the GIF is built. A part with too many frames or pixels for your device is refused before any frame is read, and the message says what to change: a shorter part, a smaller width or fewer frames a second. Phones allow half of what computers do.
Your browser decodes the video, so a video it can’t play, such as an HEVC video in a browser without an HEVC decoder, says so instead of making an empty GIF.
How it works
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Step 1:Add your video
Drop an MP4, MOV, MKV or WebM video here, or choose one. It stays on your device.
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Step 2:Choose the part and the size
Set the start and end, the width and the frames a second. The line above the button says what you will get.
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Step 3:Make and save the GIF
Press Make GIF, look at it, then save it to your device.
Questions, answered
Is there a watermark or a time limit?
No. The GIF has nothing added to it, and there is no limit on how often you use the tool. The only limit is what your device can hold: a part with too many frames or pixels is refused, and the message says what to change.
Why is my GIF so much bigger than the video?
A video stores what changes from one frame to the next, and a GIF stores each frame as a picture. Make the GIF narrower, shorter or with fewer frames a second, or choose flat colours, and it shrinks.
Does the GIF have sound?
No. The GIF format has no sound track, so only the picture is kept.
Can I make a GIF from a video on my phone?
Yes, on a phone that can play the video. Pick it from your photos or files, choose the part and press Make GIF. Phones allow a smaller GIF than computers, and the page says when a part is too large.
More video conversions
Add a video to make a GIF
Part of the video
Size and speed
Playing
Colours
A GIF has 256 colours. Smooth mixes them so gradients keep their shape; flat makes a smaller file.