MP4 to GIF

Turn an MP4 into a GIF right here. The estimated file size updates every time you change a setting.

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Drop a video or GIF here, or click to choose

MP4 · WebM · MOV · GIF — everything happens right here in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

Video
Join several GIFs and images under one frame, like a long product page — each part is saved as its own file.
0.0s
Crop
Crop: drag on the preview to keep only the part you need (square handles resize). Result: drag text and images to move them; double-click text to edit it in place.
Fit to a target size
MB
Drag to the upload limit of where you’re posting — size and frame rate are set to look best within it. Switch off to adjust by hand. For under 1MB, type the number.
Range
Start 0.0s
End 10.0s
Speed1×
Direction
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Converted GIF preview

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Converting an MP4 in four steps

  1. Drop the MP4 into the box above. It’s read by your browser only — nothing is uploaded, which also means large files start instantly.
  2. Pick the part you need with the start and end sliders. Most good GIFs are 2–6 seconds long.
  3. Crop and resize by dragging on the preview. Cutting away empty background is the single best way to keep a GIF sharp at a small size.
  4. Check the meter and export. The dark panel on the right shows the estimated size and whether it fits common upload limits.

Why the GIF is bigger than your MP4

MP4 files use H.264, a codec that predicts motion and stores only what changes in a clever way. GIF is from 1987: every frame is stored as a picture with at most 256 colors, compressed with simple LZW. A GIF several times larger than its source MP4 is completely normal.

That’s why GIFsize shows the size before you convert. If the number is too big, the quickest fixes are a shorter range, a smaller width, or a lower frame rate — 12fps looks fine for most clips.

When an MP4 won’t open

Some MP4s use codecs your browser can’t play, such as HEVC (H.265) on older Windows setups. If you see a “can’t open this format” message, re-save the clip as H.264 with the free VidCut editor and drop it in again.