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title: "Video to GIF Converter with Clean Colors, Free | ToolSugar"
description: "Turn a short video clip into a looping GIF in your browser. Set the start, length, width and frame rate, with a custom color palette built for each clip."
canonical: https://toolsugar.com/tools/video-to-gif
image: https://toolsugar.com/og.png
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# Turn a video clip into a GIF

Choose a video, set where the clip starts and how long it runs, then pick a width and frame rate. The tool first builds a 256 color palette from your clip, then uses it to write a looping GIF. This avoids the banding of generic palettes. Everything runs on your device, with clips up to 30 seconds.

Runs on your device

## How it works

1. Choose a video from your device.
2. Type the start time and the length of the clip in seconds.
3. Pick a width of 320, 480 or 720 pixels and a frame rate of 5, 10 or 15.
4. Press Convert to GIF, check the preview, and download it.

## Key facts

- **Longest clip**: 30 seconds, with 15 or less working best
- **Widths**: 320, 480 or 720 pixels, never scaled up
- **Frame rates**: 5, 10 or 15 frames per second
- **Colors**: A 256 color palette built from your clip
- **File limit**: 120 MB on a computer, 60 MB on a phone
- **Your file**: Processed inside this tab and never uploaded

## Common uses

- Show a bug or a new feature inside a pull request or ticket.
- Make a reaction clip for a chat app.
- Add a short product demo to a README or an email.
- Loop a small animation on a page that cannot embed video.

## Questions

### How do I make the GIF smaller?

Width and length matter most. Dropping from 480 to 320 pixels stores less than half as many pixels per frame, and 10 frames per second looks smooth for most clips. A shorter clip shrinks the file in direct proportion.

### Why is a GIF so much bigger than the video?

GIF is a format from 1987 that compresses each frame on its own terms and has no modern motion prediction. The same clip is often several times larger as a GIF than as an MP4, so short clips work best.

### Why does my GIF have no sound?

The GIF format cannot store audio. If you need sound, trim the video instead and share the short MP4.

### Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The video engine runs inside your browser tab and reads the file from your device. ToolSugar's servers never receive it, and closing the tab clears the working copy from memory.

[Read the Video to GIF guide](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-make-a-gif-from-a-video)

## Related tools

- [Trim Video](https://toolsugar.com/tools/video-trimmer)
- [Compress Video](https://toolsugar.com/tools/video-compressor)
- [Compress Image](https://toolsugar.com/tools/image-compressor)
- [Convert to MP4](https://toolsugar.com/tools/video-converter)