Can I turn several images into one animated GIF?

No — each image becomes its own GIF. Animated WebPs and GIFs stay animated.

Why does my photo look grainy as a GIF?

A GIF can only hold 256 colours, so the tool dithers: it mixes the colours it has in a fine pattern to suggest the rest.

Which formats can I convert to GIF?

WebP, PNG, JPG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, AVIF, SVG and ICO — and GIF itself, re-encoded.

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Image to GIF Converter

Convert PNG, JPG, WebP, TIFF, AVIF, SVG and other images to GIF in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

WebP, PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, AVIF, SVG or ICO, one or many. Drop them here or paste with ⌘V / Ctrl+V. Choose what each becomes on its row.

Runs on your device. Images are read and converted in your browser and aren't uploaded.

GIF

256 colours
Transparency
Animation

The original animated image: short loops, reactions and simple graphics that play almost anywhere, email included. A GIF holds at most 256 colours per frame and its transparency is all or nothing, so photos look grainy and soft edges look jagged.

GIF Converter — convert GIF files to any format

Learn more about converting images to GIF

When you'd do this

Something only takes GIF — an old CMS, an email template, a forum, a signage or embedded system — and your images are PNGs, JPGs or animated WebPs.

What to expect

Animated WebPs and GIFs stay animated, with their frames, timing and loop. Stills become single-frame GIFs of 256 colours at most, dithered to hide banding: photos look grainier than the original, flat graphics barely change. Transparency is all or nothing.

Recommended settings

256 colours with Dithering on for photos and gradients; fewer colours (128, 64 or 32) with Dithering off for logos and flat graphics, which makes smaller GIFs with clean edges.

Where it opens

Browsers, email clients, chat apps, forums and old software — GIF is the most widely shown animated format.

Good to know

Half-transparent edges are made solid against the Background colour; the rest become clear.
From a JPG or a PNG you get a still GIF — the tool doesn't make an animation out of separate images.
Animations over 1,000 frames keep only the first.

How to do it

Choose your images, or drop or paste them on the page — any mix of formats.
Each is set to GIF. Change one on its own row if you like, and set Background, GIF colours, Dithering and Resize in Settings.
Convert all, then download each GIF, or all of them in one .zip.

Questions

Can I turn several images into one animated GIF?: No — each image becomes its own GIF. Animated WebPs and GIFs stay animated.
Why does my photo look grainy as a GIF?: A GIF can only hold 256 colours, so the tool dithers: it mixes the colours it has in a fine pattern to suggest the rest.
Which formats can I convert to GIF?: WebP, PNG, JPG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, AVIF, SVG and ICO — and GIF itself, re-encoded.