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PNG to GIF converter

Convert PNG to GIF in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.

I want GIF
90%
Icon sizes
How to make the SVG

Tracing suits logos, icons and flat artwork and scales cleanly. Photos are better kept as pixels inside the SVG.

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50%
Dither Scatters black dots to suggest gray, instead of a hard cut-off.
Advanced 5
Keep the animation For animated GIF, WebP and APNG sources. Turn off to save just the first frame.
Rotate
Mirror horizontally
Mirror vertically

For an exact width and height, use the Resize Image tool instead.

Bytes of your files sent anywhere: 0 B

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Should you convert PNG to GIF?

You need a GIF of a graphic for an old CMS, an email signature or a system that doesn’t take PNG.

A safe conversion when GIF is what you need: both PNG and GIF keep every pixel, so the picture itself doesn’t change.

PNG is a lossless image format with full transparency; GIF is a 256-color image format best known for short looping animations. Use GIF for a few seconds of silent animation that has to play inline everywhere, including in email clients that block video.

PNG and GIF compared
Property PNG GIF
Compression Lossless Lossless
Transparency Yes On/off only
Animation No Yes
Support Opens everywhere Opens everywhere
Best for Screenshots, logos, diagrams and anything with text or a transparent background Short, silent loops and reaction images
Introduced 1996 1987

How to convert PNG to GIF

  1. 01

    Add your PNG

    Drop your PNG image onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.

  2. 02

    Check the settings

    The output is already set to GIF. Change the quality if you want to; the defaults suit most files.

  3. 03

    Save the GIF

    Press convert and save the GIF. Several files come back together as a ZIP.

What changes when PNG becomes GIF

Nothing is discarded

PNG and GIF both keep every pixel, so the picture survives the move intact. You can convert back and forth as often as you like without it degrading.

Transparency becomes on or off

GIF pixels are either fully transparent or fully solid. Soft edges and shadows from the PNG are rounded one way or the other, which can leave a thin fringe around cut-out shapes.

Expect a smaller file

GIF usually stores the same content in less space than PNG. PNG: A 12-megapixel photo is often 12–20 MB; a screenshot is usually 100 KB–1 MB. GIF: A five-second animation can easily pass 10 MB.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of PNG and GIF, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.

Why it doesn’t upload

Changing a picture’s format is work your browser already knows how to do. Sending your photos to a server first only adds waiting and risk, so nothing is sent.

How to check for yourself

Worth knowing

  • About the PNG. Photographs saved as PNG balloon in size. A holiday photo that is 3 MB as JPG can be 15 MB as PNG, because lossless compression can do very little with the fine grain of a real photograph.
  • About the GIF. A few seconds of video as GIF is often ten times the size of the same clip as MP4, because GIF compresses each frame as a separate picture.
  • DDS, PSD, EXR, XWD and JPEG 2000 are read by the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Will converting PNG to GIF lose quality?

No. PNG and GIF are both lossless, so every pixel is kept.

Will the GIF be smaller than the PNG?

Expect a smaller file. GIF usually stores the same content in less space than PNG. PNG: A 12-megapixel photo is often 12–20 MB; a screenshot is usually 100 KB–1 MB. GIF: A five-second animation can easily pass 10 MB.

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