How the GIF is made
The tool decodes just the frames you need, at the times set by your start, length and frame rate, scales each one to the width you chose, and reduces it to the 256 colors a GIF frame can hold. The frames are written into a GIF that loops forever. Each frame gets its own palette, which keeps skin tones and gradients cleaner than a single shared palette.
Example: 3 seconds at 12 fps is 36 frames. At 480 × 270, that's about 4.7 million pixels in total, which usually comes to 1 to 2 MB, well under Discord's 20 MB limit and fine for Slack or a reaction.
Getting small, good-looking GIFs
File size grows with width × height × frames, so halving the width cuts the size to about a quarter. 10 to 15 fps looks smooth for most reactions; 20 to 25 is only worth it for fast motion. Busy, noisy footage (grass, confetti, gameplay with particles) compresses far worse than a face on a plain background. If the place you're posting supports video, an MP4 from the video converter is often 10 times smaller than the same GIF and keeps full color.
Frequently asked questions
How do I make a GIF from a video?
Drop the video in, set where it starts and how long it lasts, pick a width and frame rate, and press Make GIF. The GIF is created on your device and downloads without a watermark.
How long can the GIF be?
Up to 20 seconds here. For chat, 2 to 5 seconds is ideal; longer GIFs get large and slow to load.
Why is my GIF so big?
GIF is an old format with weak compression. Make it narrower, shorter or lower in frame rate, or share an MP4 instead where that's allowed.
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