GIF (animated): conversion steps
- Upload your GIF (animated) file to start.
- Convert GIF (animated) to 3GP.
- Download the GIF (animated) file.
About GIF (animated) files
a looping animation format with at most 256 colours per frame and no sound
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) dates from 1987. An animated GIF is a sequence of frames, each limited to a palette of at most 256 colours, and it has no sound.
Short looping animations, reactions and simple graphics on websites, in chats and on social media.
GIF (animated): what conversion changes
Converting GIF (animated) re-encodes frames.
GIF (animated): settings to change
Before you convert GIF (animated) files, you can adjust: Video codec, Rate control, Quality (CRF), Video bitrate, Resolution, Width, Height, Scale fit, Frame rate, Encoder preset, Audio codec, Audio bitrate, Trim start, Trim duration, and Remove metadata.
Limits of the GIF (animated) format
Because of the 256-colour limit and frame-by-frame storage, animated GIFs are large and show banding on photographic video.
Common questions about GIF (animated)
Why does my GIF look blurry and washed out? The format allows at most 256 colours per frame, so photos and gradients lose detail — a real image or video format keeps them.
Why convert a clip to GIF? GIFs autoplay everywhere — forums, chats, READMEs and comment threads — with no video player, hosting or sound to worry about.
Convert GIF (animated) files
- GIF (animated) to 3GP
- GIF (animated) to Animated PNG
- GIF (animated) to AVI
- GIF (animated) to Matroska (MKV)
- GIF (animated) to QuickTime (MOV)
- GIF (animated) to MP4
- GIF (animated) to MPEG
- GIF (animated) to MPEG Transport Stream (TS)
- GIF (animated) to Ogg Video
- GIF (animated) to WebM
- 3GP to GIF (animated)
- Animated PNG to GIF (animated)