GIF to PNG Converter
Convert GIF to PNG online: a lossless still image with real transparency. No upload, no sign-up, no watermark.
Drop your GIF file here
or click to browse files
This converter reads your GIF file, decodes it at full resolution and re-encodes it as PNG. Everything happens inside your browser using the same image engine the page already loaded, so there is no upload, no queue and no file-size limit imposed by a server.
Only the first frame of an animated GIF is converted - this tool does not carry animation across, because PNG cannot store it. What you get instead is a lossless still image with proper soft transparency, which GIF cannot represent.
GIF is limited to 256 colours per frame, which is fine for simple graphics, icons and logos, and visibly poor for photographs. It does support animation, but its transparency is all-or-nothing - a pixel is either fully opaque or fully invisible, with no soft edges.
PNG is lossless: every pixel is stored exactly, so nothing is lost no matter how many times you open and save it. It supports full transparency and compresses flat colours well, which makes it right for logos, screenshots, diagrams and images containing text. Photographs, however, come out several times larger than they would as JPEG or WebP.
Conversion is only as good as its source. Working from the original file always beats working from a file that has already been converted once, because lossy formats discard a little more detail at every save. If you need several output formats, start from the original each time rather than converting one result into the next.
How to convert GIF to PNG
Drop your GIF file onto the page, or click to browse. You can add several files at once.
Leave the quality at the default for most images, or lower it if the file must be small; set a maximum width if you also want to reduce the pixel dimensions.
Press convert, check the preview, then download the files individually or all of them together as a ZIP.
FAQ
Is my file uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs entirely inside your browser, so the image never leaves your device. That is also why there is no server-side size limit and no waiting in a queue - and why the tool works offline once the page has loaded.
Do I lose quality by converting back and forth?
Yes, whenever a lossy format is involved. Each lossy save discards a little more detail, and repeating the round trip compounds it. Convert from the original file rather than from a copy that has already been through a converter.
Will the file get bigger or smaller?
It depends on the direction. Moving to a lossless format such as PNG usually makes a photograph several times larger, because nothing is being discarded. Moving to a lossy format such as JPEG, WebP or AVIF normally makes it smaller - often dramatically so - with the exact result depending on the quality setting you choose.
Can I convert several files at once?
Yes. Add as many images as you like and they are processed one after another in your browser; you can then download them individually or as a single ZIP. A very large batch takes longer on a phone, since the work is done by your own device.
Will the colours change?
Pixel values are carried over directly when both formats store colour the same way, so there is normally no visible shift. Colours can move slightly if you convert to a format with a smaller colour space, between different colour profiles, or when a browser applies its own colour management - and converting to GIF will reduce the image to 256 colours.
Can I convert the images back afterwards?
Yes, every direction is available as its own page, so you can go PNG to GIF as well. Just remember that a round trip through a lossy format does not return the original file - it returns a slightly degraded copy of it.
At a glance
| Input | GIF |
|---|---|
| Multiple files | Yes |
| Where it runs | In your browser - files are never uploaded |
| Works offline | Yes — once the page has loaded |
| Price | Free, no sign-up, no watermark |
Choosing between JPG, PNG, WebP and AVIF
These formats solve different problems, and picking the wrong one costs you either quality or file size. JPG is the safest choice for photographs and for anything you need to send to someone else, because every device and program opens it - but it is lossy and has no transparency. PNG is lossless and supports transparency, which makes it right for logos, screenshots, diagrams and anything with sharp edges or text, at the cost of a much larger file. WebP typically beats JPG by 25-35% at the same visible quality and supports transparency, but a few older programs still cannot open it. AVIF compresses even further, especially at low quality settings, but encoding is slower and support is the newest of the four. A practical rule: JPG to send, PNG to edit, WebP for your own website, AVIF when every kilobyte counts and you have checked that your audience can open it.
How much quality you actually lose
Lossy compression throws away detail your eye is least likely to notice - first fine texture, then edges. In practice most photographs look identical to the original down to roughly 75-80% quality, and differences only become obvious around faces, hair, foliage, fabric patterns and text. That is why a portrait and a screenshot need different settings: a face at 60% shows blotchy skin where a landscape at 60% still looks fine. Resizing matters more than quality for perceived sharpness: halving the pixel dimensions usually saves far more than dropping quality from 90 to 60, and the result looks better. If you need a specific file size, reduce dimensions first, then quality, and stop as soon as you hit the target rather than going lower than necessary.