GIF to PNG Converter
Convert GIF images to PNG, for free. Files are processed in your browser and never uploaded.
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How to convert GIF to PNG
GIF is limited to 256 colours, so still images stored as GIF often look banded. Converting to PNG restores the full colour range and usually produces a smaller file too.
- Click the Choose Files button and select your GIF files.
- PNG is already selected as the output. Click the gear if you want to adjust quality or resize.
- Click Convert, then hit Download to save your PNG files, or grab them all as a ZIP.
Built for GIF files
Drop in as many GIF images as you like and they all come out as PNG. You can also change the output on any individual file if you need a mixed batch.
Keep the quality
Adjust quality per file and resize on the way through. Formats without transparency get a clean white matte instead of the black edges most converters leave behind.
Nothing is uploaded
Your files are read and written by your own browser. They are never sent to a server, so there is nothing to delete afterwards and no size or file-count limit.
More image tools
Three separate tools, all running the same way — entirely inside your browser, with nothing uploaded.
The compressor is the one to use when you want a smaller file without changing its format — it can hit an exact target file size, which the converter cannot. The resizer handles exact dimensions and ready-made presets for Instagram and YouTube, including common sizes like 1920×1080 and 1080×1080.
A few things are built into this converter and need no separate tool:
- Compress without converting — pick the same format as your input and lower the quality slider to shrink a file while keeping its type.
- Resize — open the gear on any file and set a maximum width; the height follows automatically.
- Images to PDF — choose PDF as the output to turn a photo or scan into a document.
- Make a favicon — choose ICO as the output to produce a browser icon from any square image.
What is a GIF file?
GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format. GIF stores a maximum of 256 colours per image and supports simple animation. It is the oldest format still in common use on the web.
The 256-colour limit makes GIF a poor choice for photographs, which end up visibly banded. For still images PNG is almost always better.
What is a PNG file?
PNG stands for Portable Network Graphics. PNG is a lossless format, which means every pixel is preserved exactly as it was. It also supports transparency, so it is the usual choice for logos, icons, screenshots and any graphic with sharp edges or text.
Because nothing is thrown away, PNG files of photographs are often several times larger than the same image as JPG or WebP.
GIF to PNG: better container, same picture
PNG is technically the superior format in every respect here — millions of colours against GIF's maximum of 256, and smooth 8-bit alpha against GIF's single on-or-off transparency. What it cannot do is add information that was never in the source. A GIF that has been reduced to 256 colours with visible dithering will still show that dithering as a PNG, and jagged transparent edges stay jagged.
Animation is the thing to watch. GIF holds many frames and PNG holds one, so an animated GIF converts to its first frame and nothing else. There is no way around that in the PNG format itself.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I convert an animated GIF to an animated PNG?
Not with this tool. Animated PNG (APNG) exists but has patchy support and is rarely what people need. Converting an animated GIF here gives you the first frame as a still PNG.
Is there a limit on file size or how many files I can convert?
No. Conversion runs inside your browser rather than on a server, so there is no upload, no queue and no cap. Very large images may simply take a moment on a slower device.
Are my GIF files uploaded anywhere?
No. Your files are read and written by your own browser and never leave your device. You can disconnect from the internet once the page has loaded and the converter will still work.