Make a GIF from any video

A GIF maker that works with the video you already have

This Video to GIF converter accepts the files people actually have on their devices: MP4 from Android phones, cameras and downloads, MOV from iPhones and Macs, WebM from screen recorders and the web, plus MKV and M4V. As long as your browser can decode the video codec (H.264, HEVC on most recent devices, VP8, VP9 or AV1), you can turn it into a GIF.

You don't need to cut the video beforehand. Use the preview to find the exact moment where the GIF should start, then choose how long it lasts, from 2 to 15 seconds.

Length, width and frame rate: the three settings that decide the size

A GIF stores every frame as a full image, so its file size grows quickly. Three settings control it, and they multiply each other: how many seconds you keep, how wide each frame is and how many frames you keep per second.

Width is offered at 320, 480, 640 and 800 pixels. 480 px is a good default for chats and forums; 320 px is enough for a reaction GIF; 640 or 800 px suit a tutorial or a product demo where details matter. Frame rate goes from 10 to 20 frames per second. 10 or 12 fps is plenty for talking heads, reactions and slides; 15 or 20 fps makes fast motion, gaming or scrolling look smooth, at the cost of a bigger file.

If the result is too heavy, shorten the clip first: cutting from 10 to 5 seconds roughly halves the size, and going from 640 to 480 px wide saves a large share too. Busy scenes with grain, confetti or camera shake always produce larger GIFs than a static background.

What the GIF format can and cannot do

GIF is a 1980s image format that every browser, chat app and forum still displays without a play button, which is exactly why it's popular. But it has hard limits. Each frame can show at most 256 colors. Vidmini computes a fresh 256-color palette for every frame, which keeps skin tones and gradients much cleaner than a single palette for the whole clip, but smooth sky gradients can still show some banding.

A GIF has no sound. Whatever audio your video had is dropped; if you need the sound, keep a short video instead. And a GIF always loops: Vidmini writes the file so that it plays forever, which is what chat apps and websites expect.

Private and offline-capable

Most online GIF makers upload your video to a server. Vidmini decodes it with your browser's WebCodecs API and builds the GIF inside the page, directly on your computer or phone. Nothing is sent anywhere: once the page is loaded, you can even turn off your connection and it keeps working. There are no tracking cookies and no account.