Why does the GIF look better than ones I've made before?

This uses a real two-pass technique: a custom color palette is generated from your actual video first (palettegen), then used to encode the GIF (paletteuse). A single-pass GIF encode uses a fixed generic palette and looks visibly worse.

What frame rate and size is the output?

10 frames per second at 480px wide, height scaled proportionally — a balance between smooth motion and reasonable file size.

Will a long video produce a huge GIF?

Yes, potentially — GIF has no real compression comparable to video codecs, so longer or busier clips produce much larger files. Short clips work best.

Is my video kept on your servers afterward?

Your video is processed entirely in server memory and the result is deleted immediately after download.

Video to GIF Converter

Upload an MP4 clip and get an animated GIF — free, no account required.

Drop your file here, or click to browse

.mp4 · max 20 MB

FloxerFile converts an MP4 video clip into an animated GIF directly on our servers, using a two-pass technique that generates a custom color palette from your video for a cleaner result than a generic palette. Best suited to short clips — GIF files grow large fast. No software to install, no data stored after conversion.

How it works

1
Upload your video clip
Drag and drop your .mp4 file into the converter, or click to browse. Short clips up to 20 MB work best.
2
Convert
Click Convert. The GIF is generated on our servers.
3
Download your GIF
Download the animated GIF directly to your device. Your file is never stored — it is deleted immediately after conversion.

Features

Two-pass palette generation
Generates an optimized color palette from your actual video content first, then encodes using it — a real quality technique, not a naive single-pass GIF encode with a fixed generic palette.
10fps, 480px wide output
Balances a smooth-enough animation with a GIF file size that doesn't balloon out of control.
Smooth downscaling
Uses Lanczos scaling to resize the video before encoding, which preserves more detail than a basic resize filter.
Shorter clips process fastest
GIF encoding runs two full passes over the video, so shorter source clips finish fastest and produce smaller files.

Supported formats

.mp4

MP4

The most common video container.

Output format: .gif

Frequently asked questions

Why does the GIF look better than ones I've made before?: This uses a real two-pass technique: a custom color palette is generated from your actual video first (palettegen), then used to encode the GIF (paletteuse). A single-pass GIF encode uses a fixed generic palette and looks visibly worse.
What frame rate and size is the output?: 10 frames per second at 480px wide, height scaled proportionally — a balance between smooth motion and reasonable file size.
Will a long video produce a huge GIF?: Yes, potentially — GIF has no real compression comparable to video codecs, so longer or busier clips produce much larger files. Short clips work best.
Is my video kept on your servers afterward?: Your video is processed entirely in server memory and the result is deleted immediately after download.

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