Gif Maker
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About the Gif Maker
The GIF Maker assembles a sequence of images — or a very short clip — into a single looping animated GIF. You control the delay between frames and the loop behaviour, then download the finished animation. Everything happens locally in your browser, so your source images never leave your device.
How the Gif Maker works
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GifLab reads each image you provide and decodes it into pixel data using the browser's native image decoder.
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The frames are passed to a GIF encoder in the order you provided them, each tagged with a delay value (in hundredths of a second).
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The encoder builds a shared 256-colour palette, quantises every frame to that palette, and applies LZW compression to each one.
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A Netscape looping extension block is inserted into the file so the animation repeats — a loop count of 0 means infinite.
Common use cases
- →Stitching a few photos into a stop-motion style animation.
- →Building an animated banner ad from a sequence of product shots.
- →Creating a simple loading or progress animation for a web project.
- →Making a before-and-after reveal by alternating two images.
Tips for the best results
Use a consistent frame size across all source images — mismatched dimensions are scaled to the first frame, which can distort later frames.
A delay of 100 (1 second) is good for slideshows; 30–50 (300–500ms) feels like natural animation.
If your images use very different colour palettes, the shared 256-colour palette may cause banding. Keep source images visually similar when possible.
Fewer frames with a longer delay usually produces a smaller file than many frames with a short delay.
Gif Maker FAQ
How many images can I combine?
There is no fixed limit, but the GIF file size grows roughly linearly with frame count. For smooth loops, 10–24 frames is typical. Beyond that, consider whether a video would serve better.
Can I control how many times the GIF loops?
Yes. A loop count of 0 loops forever (the default most viewers expect). A count of 1 plays once and stops on the last frame.
Does the GIF Maker preserve transparency?
GIF supports single-colour (binary) transparency. GifLab preserves a transparent background if your source PNGs use it, but semi-transparent pixels are quantised to either fully opaque or fully transparent.
