How to make a GIF from images
- Select Choose files and add your images. You can drop many at once.
- Put them in order with Up and Down. Each image becomes one frame.
- Set the Time per frame and the Width. Keep Loop forever on for a repeating animation.
- Select Create GIF from images, then Download animation.gif.
What you get
An animated GIF that plays in chat apps, emails, documents and social networks. The first image decides the size ratio of the animation. Other images are fitted inside that size, with white bars where the shape differs, so nothing is cropped or stretched.
Speed and size
Time per frame is the pause before the next image. A slideshow works well at 800 to 2000 milliseconds. A smooth animation from burst photos needs 80 to 150 milliseconds. The default width is 480 pixels, which keeps the file small enough to share. Increase it up to 1200 pixels when quality matters more than size.
About GIF colours
GIF stores each frame with a palette of at most 256 colours. The tool picks the best palette for every frame separately, which keeps photos looking natural, but small colour steps can appear in sky or skin gradients. For graphics and screenshots the result is usually perfect. If you need photo quality in motion, a video format is a better choice than GIF.
Tips
- Resize large photos first with the image resizer so the frames match.
- Fewer frames make a smaller file. Ten to twenty frames is plenty for most animations.
- Split an animation back into pictures with GIF to PNG.
- Prefer a still layout? Try the collage maker.
- Send photos as one document with images to PDF.
Everything runs on your device. Your images are never uploaded.