Free GIF Editor Masterclass — Every Feature, No Upload

Make one GIF from a video, another GIF and your photos — in whatever order you like.

14.7 s video → 88 frames

+ a GIF + 2 photos

99 frames · 17.8 s

↑ ↓ — the order they play

✕ → 90 frames

Trim 3 → 7 s · 26 frames

Play it: the dog, then each photo for a single frame. Part three shows how to hold one longer.

So: bring everything in at once, set the order, and trim each video to its best few seconds.

What actually makes a GIF smaller? Every setting, measured on the same four seconds.

24 frames · 640 × 360 · 1.7 MB

Square · Fit · still 1.7 MB

Background: white · black · transparent

Fill · 3.3 MB

Longest side 480 · 2.0 MB

12 fps · 48 frames · 3.9 MB

64 colours · 2.8 MB — the wall bands

Ordered 3.4 MB · Diffusion 3.9 MB

Loop: forever · or a set number

So, to shrink a GIF: fewer pixels and fewer frames first. Colours last, and dither only if it bands.

Make a GIF land its moment: hold a frame, play it backwards, or bounce it back and forth.

24 frames · 170 ms each · 4.1 s

Last frame: hold 1,200 ms → 5.1 s

100 ms · Apply to all → 2.4 s

D duplicates · Delete removes

Reverse · the hold moves with its frame

Ping-pong · 46 frames · 8.8 s

Reset frames → 24 · 4.1 s

Split at frame 13 · 12 + 12

So: hold the frame that matters, ping-pong anything that should loop, and split a long one into two.

Crop a GIF down to what matters — at the full detail the video has — turn it, and give it a look.

Crop · 544 × 640

Rotate · 640 × 544 · Flip

Border 4% · drawn inside

10 looks · Vintage · Black & white

Speed 2× → 2.0 s · ½× → 8.2 s

So: crop first, so every pixel goes on what matters. Then the look, then the speed.

Put a caption on a GIF that types itself in — and only appears when you want it to.

Text tool · "WHO, ME?"

Impact · white · black outline · size

8 entrances · Typewriter

Frames 9 → 24

Free: 3 layers · Pro: no limit + your own fonts

So: a short line, a bold font with an outline, and let it arrive on the beat.

Drop a pair of sunglasses onto a GIF, hide what should not be seen, and draw on it.

Add image · a see-through PNG

Drag it · size · Drop in at frame 12

An image layer is a still

Shape · Pixelate · Blur · Solid

Brush · any colour

Layers stack in list order · ↑ ↓

Free: 3 layers · Pro: no limit

So: a sticker for the joke, a shape for anything private, and the brush for everything else.

Blur a face in a GIF — just the face, and only on the frames you choose.

Shape · Ellipse · Blur

Strength · 80 %

From 9 · To 24

Pixelate · Solid colour

So: an ellipse for faces, a rectangle for text and number plates, and a frame range for anything that moves.

Record your screen straight into a GIF, then export it as a GIF, an MP4 or a WebM.

Record · Screen · Camera · Both · up to 60 fps

Your browser asks what to share — here, a tab of this site. Four seconds, then Stop.

Add to project · 23 frames

GIF · close to 1 MB

MP4 ≈ half · WebM a little smaller

Frames as PNG · one zip

Pro: WebP · APNG · target size

So: a GIF where it has to be a GIF, an MP4 everywhere else, and the frames when you need them one by one.