AVIF to GIF Converter

How to convert AVIF to GIF

1. Add your AVIF files. Drop up to 30 AVIF images into the box, or browse for them. Animated ones show all their frames under the preview.
2. Keep the animation. Keep the animation is on for animated AVIF - every frame goes into one GIF. Change the speed or make it play once if you like.
3. Tune colours and size. GIF holds 256 colours per frame. Fewer colours and a smaller width make lighter GIFs - the size shown is measured from the real file.
4. Make the GIF and download. Press Make my GIF. One or two files download directly, more than two come as a ZIP.

GIF too heavy for Discord or a forum? Shrink it with Compress GIF or the GIF Resizer.

Why turn an AVIF into a GIF?

Animated AVIF is tiny and sharp, but most apps cannot play it.

Many chat apps, forums, email clients and older editors only animate GIF.

A GIF plays everywhere, from Discord and Slack to PowerPoint and Gmail. It is bigger and limited to 256 colours, but it just works.

AVIF vs GIF

Have a GIF that should be smaller for your website? Go the other way with GIF to Animated AVIF. Test files are in the AVIF sample files.

Getting a smaller GIF

• Make it narrower. 480 px wide is plenty for most chats - the Small animation preset does it in one click.
• Fewer colours. 128 or 64 colours often look the same and save a lot.
• Dithering off for flat cartoons and pixel art - it removes grain and makes files smaller.
• Still too big? Compress GIF squeezes it further.

Transparency and browser notes

• Transparency - GIF pixels are either fully see-through or solid. Soft shadows are cut at the opacity you choose - or pick Fill background with your page colour for smooth edges.
• Animated output needs Chrome, Edge or Firefox. Other browsers convert the first frame.
• Just want the frames? Turn Keep the animation off and tick frames - or save them as PNGs with AVIF to PNG.