About the GIF maker

With the online GIF maker on gifgit.com, you can quickly and easily create animated GIFs for free, with no software to download. Simply upload any combination of PNG, JPG, BMP or GIF files. The files will be loaded in the timeline as frames for your new animated GIF. You can re-arrange frames by using drag and drop, duplicate them or uncheck them to drop them from the timeline.

What is an animated GIF?

A GIF, short for Graphics Interchange Format, is a versatile bitmap file capable of displaying still images or animations. GIF files that show animations are regularly called "animated GIFs" to differentiate them from GIFs that display a still image, but in principle they are no different from a GIF that displays a still image.

An animated GIF automatically loops through a sequence of images, displaying them one after another at a set delay or display time. This is very similar to what happens in a movie or cartoon. The delay time to show the next image in the sequence determines the frame rate (fps) of the animation. The shorter the delay time, the higher the frame rate and consequently the smoother or quicker the animation.

Though GIF files do not contain sound, they are widely used because they are simple image files that can display short motion clips. As they are basically image files, GIFs can be easily shared or embedded in a web page just like a JPEG, PNG or Bitmap.

How to use the online GIF maker

The online GIF maker tool allows you to load image files as frames to the timeline. You organize the frames in the timeline to create the image sequence for your animation. When you are finished organizing the frames and setting the timing for you GIF animation press the 'Generate GIF' button to create the finalized GIF file. The generated GIF will be generated and displayed with options to download the file.

1. Load image files for your GIF

Use the "Choose Files" button to load image files from your computer. You can select multiple images and types. All files will be added to the timeline as a frame.

Image files such as JPG, BMP and PNG will be loaded as a single frame with a default delay of 80ms (12fps). For animated GIF files with multiple frames, a frame will be added to the timeline for each image frame in the GIF. The delay for each frame in the animated GIF will also be loaded in the timeline as well.

2. Organize the frames for your GIF

Edit the GIF timeline by moving frames. Drag and drop frames to rearrange the order of frames in the timeline. You can duplicate frames by using the duplicate button below each frame in the timeline.
You can disable a frame from showing up in the final GIF animation by clicking the checkbox in the frame. To enable or disable a range of frames you can use the drop dropdown menu in the timeline header controls.

3. Set the Frame Rate for your GIF

The frame rate determines how fast your GIF plays the sequence of images in the timeline. The frame rate is determined by the delay you set for each frame. The lower delay, the faster frame rate and the smoother and quicker the animation will be. You can set the frame rate for all frames using the global frame rate input. You can also set the delay for individual frames using the delay input at the bottom of each frame in the timeline.

4. Generate the GIF file

Click the 'Generate GIF' button to create the GIF from the frames in the timeline.