Free GIF Maker

Create animated GIFs with our free GIF maker in just minutes! Quickly and easily make GIF animations from video files or a series of static images using our free video editor tools.

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Free & easy to use

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Make GIFs from video & images

Create unlimited GIFs

Make a GIF easily in just a few clicks

Convert video to GIF

Open an existing .MP4, .WEBM, .FLV, or .AVI file and easily convert video to GIF by saving it as a GIF file in our GIF maker. Get your content to stand out as a GIF and enjoy animations anywhere an image file can be used.

Make GIFs from static images

Add image overlays in your video to turn a series of static images into an animated GIF. Capture your audience’s attention and convey your message more effectively with a GIF animation compared to a standard image.

Help your GIF stand out with customizations

Include text

Add text to your GIFs to create a meme GIF or to help convey your message more clearly.

Add visuals

Add a webcam virtual background or include visual overlays (shapes, arrows, and more).

Crop & resize

Crop, resize, trim, and cut your video to focus on the message and to optimize your GIF file size.

How to make a GIF

Step 1

Launch

Open your video file in our free video editor and make your GIF using our wide range of GIF maker features.

Step 2

Customize

Change the video speed, add visual overlays (text, images, arrows, shapes, and more), crop / resize, and more to make your GIF.

Step 3

Save or Share

Save your video as a GIF file to your computer or ScreenPal hosting account. Then share with others!

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Make engaging, eye-catching GIFs for free

Get your content to stand out as a GIF and enjoy animations anywhere an image file can be used. Catch your audience’s attention with GIF memes, how-to visuals, promotional graphics, engaging ads, and more! GIF maker features in our free video editor include:

Cut, copy & paste sections of recordings

Cut & trim video, adjust speed

Crop & resize video

Add overlays - images, text, shapes

Zoom in & zoom out

Choose from dozens of transitions

Remove, blur & replace background

Animate overlays & transitions

Get creative with green screen effect

Upgrade for our full-featured video editor

Our full video creation suite offers advanced screen recording, seamless video editing, unlimited hosting & robust content management. Additional features include:

Video overlay, picture-in-picture

Interactive storyboard editor

Script recording mode

Transfer mobile app videos

Integrated screen recording

Blur any part of your video

Drag-and-drop video builder

Change webcam shape & size

Auto Speech-to-Text captions

Expanded stock music library

Hide your webcam or cursor

Automatically remove silences

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GIF Maker: Frequently asked questions

What is a GIF?

A GIF, which stands for Graphics Interchange Format, is a type of image file that can support animations in addition to static images. GIFs support a smaller range of colors than many other types of image files, so they are often used for simple, solid colors rather than complex images or gradients. GIFs work great for memes, short animations, simple logos, and more as a way to engage with your audience and make your content stand out.

View our GIF maker blog article for more information about GIFs and what’s unique about GIF files.
What is the best free GIF maker?

Our free video editor is the best free GIF maker software available. You can quickly and easily make GIF animations in minutes with our wide range of free video editing tools, including cut & trim, adjust speed, crop & resize video, add overlays (text, images, shapes, etc), zoom in and zoom out, add transitions, blur, remove or replace video background, animate, use green screen effect, and more.

You can get even more video editing features for GIFs with the full-featured video editor available in our paid plans.

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