GIF Maker — Make an Animated GIF from Images or Video

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 (removed under our Security policy), 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, retained temporarily to encode and deliver the GIF, then removed under our Security policy. We never sell them or use them to train models. For content under a strict no-upload data-residency rule, a fully offline desktop GIF encoder is the safer choice.

Preview and download the clean standard GIF without creating an account.

Yes. Choose Turn a video clip into GIF, upload an MP4, WebM, MOV or M4V file your browser can decode, set Start, End and Sampling rate, and prepare up to 50 frames. Review the sequence, then set GIF timing, width, quality and looping before encoding.

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. The prepared frames are sent over HTTPS to the GIF encoder only after you choose Make my GIF.

In image mode, drag any frame thumbnail by its grip handle or use the compact left/right arrow buttons with a mouse, touch or keyboard. Reordering clears an older result; choose Make my GIF when the sequence and settings are ready so the tool never spends a conversion on an accidental move.

Yes — Add frames appends more images to the sequence and you can drag them into position. Adding or rearranging frames clears the previous result, but does not encode again until you choose Make my GIF.

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 a frame to remove only that image. The previous result is cleared and the remaining sequence stays in place; add another image if fewer than two remain, then choose Make my GIF when ready.

Choose Turn a video clip into GIF, upload an MP4, WebM, MOV or M4V file your browser can decode, then set Start, End and Sampling rate. Prepare frames first to review the sampled sequence; anonymous sessions are capped at 10 frames and signed-in sessions at 50, then the regular delay, width, quality and loop controls apply before you build the GIF.

Choose image mode to upload and reorder pictures, or video mode to trim a browser-supported clip and prepare up to 10 frames before signup or 50 after signup. Keep the width around 480 px, leave Loop forever on, then build and download the GIF. For an animated server emote, start from square visuals so the letterboxed frames stay square.

Almost always one of three things. The file is over the 11 MB free upload limit — Premium takes 50 MB and Pro 120 MB. The format is not one this tool accepts, so check the list shown on the upload panel. Or the file is not really the format its name says: renaming a file does not change what is inside it, and that is the reason a valid-looking image gets refused.

Yes — where there is a strength or intensity control, the default is deliberately obvious so you can see what the tool does. Most photos read better well below it. Bring the strength down until the effect looks like a decision rather than a filter, and compare against your original before you download.

No. You can run GIF Maker and download the free result without an account, and it carries no watermark. Premium is what you buy when the limits start to bite: larger uploads, no daily cap, and the original-resolution result. Nothing is revealed at the download step that was not visible before you started.

No — GIF Maker runs in the browser on desktop and phone. There is nothing to install, no trial to start, and no license to buy before you can see whether it does what you need. Try it on the file you are actually stuck with rather than a sample.