Make animated GIFs — free

Drop two or more images in the order you want them to animate, adjust frame delay, output width and quality, then Render GIF. Frames are uploaded over HTTPS and encoded into a GIF on our secure server (deleted automatically afterwards), and the result downloads as animation.gif — ready to drop into Slack, Discord, GitHub, or anywhere else GIFs are welcome.

For natural-looking motion, 100-150ms per frame gives ~7-10 frames per second — like classic animation. 50-80ms feels modern and snappy. 300-500ms creates a deliberate "slideshow" pace that's good for before/after comparisons or product reveals. Match the delay to your content type.

For chat platforms and social media, 480-720px wide is a good sweet spot — sharp on phones, fast to upload. For embedded blog GIFs, 640-800px is standard. Going above 1280px makes the file huge with little visual benefit since GIF maxes at 256 colors.

GIF supports only 256 colors per frame. Photo-heavy content (skin tones, gradients, sunsets) is the hardest case. Lower the Quality slider value (smaller number = better color quantisation, but slower encode) and the dithering will improve. Or switch to MP4/WebM for true-color motion.

Yes — each frame is letterboxed onto a uniform canvas (matching the first frame's aspect ratio) with a white background, so mixing portrait and landscape frames won't break the animation. For consistent results, resize your source images to the same dimensions first using our Resize Image tool.

Yes — the "Loop forever" toggle is on by default. Disable it for a single-play GIF (sometimes preferred for live event captures and instructional content where you want viewers to stop on the final frame).

Your frames are uploaded over HTTPS to our secure server to be encoded into a GIF, then deleted automatically after processing — we never store or share them. For content under a strict no-upload data-residency rule, a fully offline desktop GIF encoder is the safer choice.

Free, unlimited frames, no watermark on the output, no signup. The encoder is fast enough that even 50-frame animations finish in under 30 seconds on a typical laptop.

Not directly — this GIF maker builds animations from image frames (JPG, PNG or WebP), not from a video file. To turn a clip into a GIF, first export its frames as images (most video players and editors can save a frame or a screenshot sequence), then drop those images here in the order you want them to play and render the GIF.

Drop JPG, PNG or WebP images, including transparent PNGs. Frames of different sizes are letterboxed onto one canvas so mixed portrait and landscape shots still animate cleanly. There's no limit on the number of frames, and the whole GIF is assembled in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.

In the Frames panel, drag any frame thumbnail by its grip handle to a new position in the strip, or use the compact left/right reorder arrows on mobile-sized screens. The GIF automatically rebuilds a few hundred milliseconds after you drop a frame, so you can preview the new order without pressing a separate rebuild button.

Yes — the Add frames button in the Frames panel lets you drop in additional images at any point; they're appended to the end of the sequence and you can then drag them into position. The GIF re-encodes automatically each time you add, remove or reorder a frame.

For a clear product walkthrough, use a longer delay around 400-600ms so viewers have time to read each step, a width of 640-800px for crisp detail on blog and documentation pages, and a Quality value around 5-10 for cleaner color reproduction on product photography. Lower quality numbers trade a slightly longer encode time for noticeably less color banding on gradients and skin tones.

Click the trash icon on any frame's thumbnail in the Frames panel to delete just that image — the GIF rebuilds automatically a few hundred milliseconds later using the remaining frames in their existing order. Keep in mind a GIF needs at least two frames to animate, so if you delete down to one, add another image before Render GIF produces anything.