Convert GIF to PNG
Output is typically roughly 2.5× larger.
- Files stay on your device
- No upload, no waiting
- No sign-up, no watermark
How it works
Add your GIF file
Drag a GIF file onto the drop zone, or click to browse. You can select several at once.
Choose your settings
PNG is lossless, so there is nothing to configure — the output matches the input pixel for pixel.
Download the PNG
Conversion runs on your device as soon as each file is added — no upload, no queue. Download each result when it is ready.
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Can I get every frame of the GIF, not just the first?
Not from this tool — it produces one image per file. Nothing on this site preserves animation: every conversion decodes a single frame and re-encodes it. Extracting all frames needs a dedicated GIF splitter.
Will converting GIF to PNG make the file smaller?
Usually, yes. A 12-megapixel photo is around 5.5 MB as GIF and around 14 MB as PNG — roughly 2.5× larger. Because PNG is lossless the result depends entirely on the image content — flat colour and text compress far better than photographic detail.
Does converting GIF to PNG lose quality?
No. PNG is lossless, so every pixel decoded from your GIF file is stored exactly. Both formats are lossless, so the conversion is pixel-for-pixel identical.
Is transparency preserved when converting GIF to PNG?
Yes. Both GIF and PNG support an alpha channel, so transparent and semi-transparent pixels carry across unchanged — a logo with a cut-out background stays cut out, and soft drop shadows keep their gradient rather than picking up a white halo. Because PNG is lossless, the alpha channel is stored exactly as it was.
What happens to an animated GIF?
Only the first frame is converted. Every conversion here decodes one frame onto a canvas and re-encodes it, so the result is always a still image — that applies to PNG as much as to any other target. To shrink an animation while keeping the motion, a video file (MP4 or WebM) is usually around a tenth of the size of the equivalent GIF, and needs an encoder we do not ship yet.
Why does GIF look posterised?
GIF allows a maximum of 256 colours per frame. A photograph contains far more, so the encoder has to pick a palette and approximate everything else, producing visible banding in skies and skin tones. For still images use PNG or WebP; for animation use WebP or MP4, both of which are dramatically smaller and full-colour.
About gif to png
Why people convert GIF to PNG
Two situations: pulling a single frame out of an animation to use as a still, or rescuing a GIF logo or icon that looks blotchy because it was squeezed into 256 colours.
PNG removes the colour ceiling entirely and gives proper 8-bit transparency instead of GIF's on/off mask, so cut-out edges stop looking jagged.
Worth knowing: Only the first frame survives. This is a still-image converter, not an animation converter.
GIF and PNG side by side
| GIF | PNG | |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graphics Interchange Format | Portable Network Graphics |
| Compression | Lossless | Lossless |
| Transparency | Yes — alpha channel | Yes — alpha channel |
| Animation | Yes | No |
| Browser support | Universal — every browser since 1987 | Universal — every browser since 1996 |
| Typical 12 MP photo | ~5.5 MB | ~14 MB |
| Usually used for | Short looping animations, reaction clips and email-safe motion | Screenshots, logos, icons, diagrams and anything needing transparency |
On a typical 12-megapixel phone photo, the PNG output comes out roughly 2.5× larger than the GIF original. These are order-of-magnitude figures for one kind of image — your own results will vary a great deal, because flat colour, text and line art behave nothing like photographic detail.
What to watch out for
- Very large files for photographic content
- No animation (APNG is a separate, less-supported extension)
- Slower to decode than JPEG at the same pixel count
- Animation is lost. Only the first frame is converted — every conversion here decodes a single frame onto a canvas and re-encodes it, so the result is a still image whatever the target format. To shrink an animation and keep the motion, a video file is typically around a tenth of the size of the equivalent GIF.
About the two formats
GIF survives entirely on momentum. It is capped at 256 colours per frame, has only on/off transparency, and produces files several times larger than a modern video or WebP animation of the same clip. It remains useful only because it autoplays and loops in places that block video, such as some email clients and chat apps.
PNG stores every pixel exactly as it was, with no generation loss no matter how many times you re-save it. That fidelity is why it dominates screenshots, logos and UI assets, and also why it is the wrong choice for photographs — lossless compression simply cannot get a 12-megapixel photo down to a reasonable size.
Other conversions
Everything runs on your device — nothing is uploaded, so there is no size limit, no queue and no copy left on a server afterwards. There is more on how browser-based conversion works if you want the detail. Otherwise, browse every image tool, or convert PNG back to GIF.