What is GIF?
Graphics Interchange Format
An animation-capable image format limited to 256 colors per frame, widely used for short looping clips and reactions.
Advantages
- Universally supported animation
- Small for simple, flat animations
- Loops automatically
Limitations
- Only 256 colors — poor for video/photos
- Large files for complex animation
- No sound
Best used for
Short looping animations, reactions, and simple motion graphics.
- Extensions
- .gif
- MIME type
- image/gif
- Compression
- Lossless
Free GIF tools
Image ConverterConvert images between PNG, JPG, WEBP, BMP, GIF, ICO, and SVG.PNG to SVGVectorize PNG or JPG images into SVG (best for logos & flat graphics).Image to BMPConvert images to BMP bitmap format.Image to ICOCreate a multi-size .ico favicon from an image.Image to TIFFConvert images to TIFF format.Black & White ImageConvert a photo to grayscale or pure black & white.Image to PDFCombine JPG, PNG, WEBP, GIF, BMP, AVIF, HEIC, and SVG images into a PDF, with page size, orientation, and margin options.Video to GIFTurn a video clip into an animated GIF.MP4 to GIFConvert MP4 video to animated GIF.WEBM to GIFConvert WEBM video to animated GIF.APNG to GIFConvert animated PNG to animated GIF.GIF to MP4Convert animated GIF to MP4 video.