What is this tool?
Converts an animated GIF into WebM video, which lowers the weight and allows playback with player controls.
What is it for?
- Swap a heavy GIF for video on a page that must load fast.
- Publish an animation on a platform that accepts video and rejects GIF.
- Add an animation to a video editor, which works with clips.
Step by step
- 1Upload the animated GIF.
- 2Confirm the output container the browser offers.
- 3Process the animation.
- 4Download the generated video.
How to use it
Frames
Every GIF frame is read and re-recorded at the original cadence, so the animation keeps its rhythm.
Transparency
A GIF can have a transparent background, but video is opaque: the background becomes a solid colour set during recording.
Final weight
The video is usually far smaller than the GIF, because it benefits from inter-frame compression.
Examples in practice
Homepage GIF
A 4 MB homepage GIF becomes a WebM under 1 MB, with the browser's own playback controls.
Animation in a project
A logo GIF is converted to video so it can enter the editor timeline as a clip.
Frequently asked questions
Does the video loop?
Looping is a player setting, not a file one: the generated WebM holds the animation once.
Is GIF audio preserved?
GIF has no audio, so the resulting video is silent.