Turn a GIF, or any frame of an animated GIF, into a small still AVIF image - to keep it moving use GIF to Animated AVIF.
Want the whole animation as AVIF? GIF to Animated AVIF keeps every frame and the timing.
GIF is old, heavy and limited to 256 colours.
A still AVIF of the same picture is usually far smaller and can be used anywhere a modern image is welcome.
It is handy for thumbnails, posters and stills taken from animations.
| GIF | AVIF | |
|---|---|---|
| Colours | 256 per frame | Millions, plus HDR |
| Transparency | On or off | Soft edges (alpha) |
| Animation | Yes | Yes (animated AVIF) |
| Typical size | Large | Much smaller |
Test files are in the GIF sample files.
Drop your GIF files into the box, tick the frames you want and press Convert to AVIF. More than two files come as a ZIP.
No - this page makes still AVIF images. For an animated AVIF use GIF to Animated AVIF.
Yes. Click a frame under the preview to see it and tick it to convert it. Picking frames works in Chrome, Edge and Firefox.
Yes. Transparent GIF areas stay transparent in the AVIF.
Most browsers cannot write AVIF yet, so your browser sends a PNG copy of each frame over HTTPS to our server, which encodes it and deletes it after download.
AVIF uses modern AV1 compression, while GIF uses LZW from 1987. A still frame often shrinks by 80% or more.
