Convert Images to a GIF

Images to GIF: how it works

Combines a batch of JPG, PNG, or WebP photos into one looping animated GIF, decoding each image in the browser and playing them in the order you add them. It is the same maker as above, framed for people arriving with a folder of photos.

Accepted formats

JPG, PNG, WebP

Output

One animated GIF

Best for

Same-size photo sequences

Typical delay

100 ms (time-lapse) – 1000 ms (slideshow)

Processing

In your browser

What to know about the GIF format here

Photos are continuous-tone, but a GIF frame holds only 256 colours, so a photographic sequence is re-quantized per frame; expect some banding in skies and gradients that a JPG or WebP would keep smooth.

Tips for the best result

• Crop or resize all the photos to identical dimensions before adding them — mismatched sizes get scaled to the output width and letterboxed, which looks uneven.
• For a time-lapse feel use a short delay (around 100 ms); for a slideshow of distinct photos, 500–1000 ms per frame reads more clearly.
• Long bursts make heavy GIFs because every photo becomes a full frame; if the file is too big, drop the width to ~480 px or use fewer photos.
• If the photos are really a video you filmed, converting the original clip in the Video tab gives a smaller, smoother result than exporting and re-importing dozens of stills.

When to use this

Reach for this when you have a sequence of separate photo files — burst shots, exported frames, a series of product angles — and want them joined into one shareable loop.

How GIF files behave

• A GIF stores up to 256 colours per frame from a palette it picks for that frame, so flat graphics, logos, line art, and screen recordings reproduce cleanly, while photographic gradients and skin tones can band or dither.
• GIF compression (LZW) is lossless per frame — it never adds JPEG-style blocky artefacts — but because every frame is essentially a full image, the file grows quickly with more frames, more pixels, and more colours.
• Animation timing is stored as a per-frame delay in hundredths of a second, and looping is set by a small repeat marker (the Netscape extension), which is why a GIF can loop forever on its own with no player controls.
• A GIF has no audio track and no real alpha blending — only a single fully-transparent colour — so it is built for short, silent, looping motion rather than full video; a muted MP4 or WebM is far smaller for anything longer than a few seconds.