PNG is the better picture in almost every technical respect — more colours, softer transparency — so converting it to GIF is only worth doing when the destination demands GIF, or when several PNGs should become one animation. This free png to gif converter handles both: one PNG becomes a still GIF, and several PNGs become an animated GIF in upload order. The honest cost is GIF’s ceiling of 256 colours per frame and its on-or-off transparency, so soft edges harden and gradients may band. Everything runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded and no signup is needed.
How to use this png to gif converter
Three quick steps — no signup, no cost.
Choose one PNG for a still GIF, or several for an animation. Files are read locally, never uploaded.
Upload order becomes frame order. Set the frame speed for the animation, or skip it for a single still.
Preview the result, then save the finished GIF.
What this png to gif converter keeps — and what GIF cannot carry
Compatibility and animation in, millions of colours and soft alpha out.
Fully transparent areas stay transparent; GIF simply has no half-transparent state to offer.
Logos, icons and line art with few colours convert cleanly, often at a smaller size than the PNG.
Upload a frame sequence and each PNG becomes a frame of one looping GIF.
Your images stay on your device, because the GIF is assembled in your browser.
PNG to GIF Converter FAQs
Short, direct answers to the questions readers ask most.
Yes, for fully transparent areas. GIF transparency is binary — a pixel is either fully see-through or fully opaque — so soft, semi-transparent edges become hard edges in the output.
Because GIF holds at most 256 colours per frame while PNG holds millions. Smooth shading is squeezed into that palette, and the steps between colours become visible.
Yes. Each uploaded PNG becomes one frame, played in upload order at the frame speed you set, looping like any GIF.
No. Flat graphics with few colours often shrink, but a photographic PNG may come out larger or visibly worse — for photos, PNG or WebP is usually the better keeper.
Usually not. Convert only when the destination accepts GIF alone or you need the animation; otherwise the PNG keeps more colour and softer edges.
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