GIF maker

Each image becomes one frame of the animation, in the order shown in the list. The GIF loops forever, which is what most people expect from a GIF.

• Frame delay sets how long each image stays on screen, from 0.1 to 3 seconds. All frames use the same delay.
• Width can be 320, 480, 640 or 800 px. The height follows the shape of the first image.
• Different shapes are handled gracefully: each frame is scaled to fit inside the GIF without cropping or stretching, and any empty space is filled with white.

The GIF is built in your browser, so your photos are not uploaded, and the result has no watermark.

As a rule of thumb, frames with text need at least 1.5–2 seconds so people can read them.

GIF is an old format: it can show at most 256 colors per frame and compresses photos poorly, so file sizes grow quickly. To keep your GIF light:

• Use fewer frames. Ten well-chosen frames often say as much as fifty.
• Pick a smaller width. 480 px is plenty for chats and most websites; 320 px for very small embeds.
• Prefer simple images. Graphics, screenshots and illustrations with flat colors compress far better than detailed photos.
• Compress afterward. Compress GIF can reduce colors, scale down or drop every second frame to cut the size further.

Many platforms limit GIF size; for example, some chat tools and email newsletters struggle with GIFs over a few megabytes.

• Product spins: photograph an item from several angles and animate them.
• Tutorials: a few screenshots showing each step of a process.
• Before and after: two frames with a 2-second delay.
• Stop-motion: dozens of photos with small changes, at 0.1–0.2 s.
• Reaction GIFs and memes: add captions to each frame first with Add text to image.
• Event slideshows: a handful of photos as a looping greeting.

For a single still image with two photos, Combine images or the collage maker is a better fit.

1. Put the product on a plain background near a window for soft light.
2. Take 8–12 photos, turning the product a little between each shot. Keep the phone in the same spot, ideally on a stack of books or a tripod.
3. Drop the photos here in order.
4. Set the delay to about 0.3 s and the width to 480 px.
5. Click Make GIF, then check the size. If it is too big, run it through Compress GIF.

You can mix JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC (iPhone), AVIF, BMP, TIFF and SVG images. Transparent areas become white, because the frames are drawn on a white background. If you start from an existing GIF and want a still image from it instead, use GIF to PNG.