Video to GIF Converter

In order of impact: trim a shorter clip, choose a smaller width (halving the width roughly quarters the size), lower the frame rate, and raise the quality number (higher = coarser colour sampling). GIF stores every frame almost independently with a 256-colour palette, so duration and dimensions dominate the file size far more than they would for a video.

It is the encoder's colour-sampling accuracy when building each frame's 256-colour palette: 1 examines every pixel (sharpest colours, slowest encode), while 20 samples sparsely (faster, smaller, more visible banding in gradients). The default of 10 is a good balance; drop toward 1 for clips with smooth gradients or skin tones.

There is no hard cut-off, but capture is capped at 300 frames. On a long clip the tool thins frames out — effectively lowering the frame rate — while scaling each frame's delay so the GIF still plays at the true speed and duration. For smooth motion, keep clip length × fps at or under 300 (for example, 20 seconds at 15 fps).

Boomerang appends the captured frames again in reverse order, skipping the first and last frame so the turn-around doesn't stutter — the same forward-then-backward loop popularised by Instagram Boomerang. It looks best on short, motion-rich clips, and roughly doubles the frame count and file size.

The converter relies on your browser's own video decoder. MP4 with H.264 and WebM play everywhere; some iPhone .mov files use HEVC (H.265), which not every browser can decode. If you see a format error, re-export or convert the clip to H.264 MP4 first, or try a browser with HEVC support.

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No — everything happens locally in your browser, on your device. Your PDFs and images never leave your computer, so even sensitive documents stay completely private.