ANI Converter

Convert Animated cursors (ANI) online for free


Drop or upload your .ANI file
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How to convert your ANI file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ANI file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert ANI to another file type

The converter easily converts your ANI Cursors to various formats - free and online. No Microsoft Windows or or other System software needed.

  • ANI to PNG
  • ANI to GIF
  • ANI to SYS
  • ANI to KRO
  • ANI to JFIF
  • ANI to ALS
  • ANI to BMP
  • ANI to IFF
  • ANI to RGBA
  • ANI to WRL
  • ANI to PC1
  • ANI to GRO

Convert a file to ANI

To convert other file formats to the "Animated Cursor File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Windows or a similar tool.


About ANI files

The .ANI file extension primarily represents a Windows Animated Cursor. Based on the RIFF framework, it stores a sequence of ICO frames used to display custom animations for the mouse pointer in Microsoft Windows. Other software, like Valve's Source Filmmaker and Vyond Studio, also use the .ANI extension to store proprietary 3D animation sequence data or video project files.

The classic .ANI cursor format is heavily outdated, proprietary to Windows, and not supported by modern web browsers, mobile devices, or macOS. It locks your visual assets into an obsolete system framework. If your file is a 3D animation project, it is often just raw data that cannot be opened without specific, sometimes expensive, software installations.

To make cursor animations usable on the web or across devices, convert .ANI to GIF, APNG, or WEBP. For extracting a single static icon, convert to PNG. Drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software on convert.guru.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your ANI file.

Users also converted GIF, CUR, PNG, WEBP, MP4, ZIP, JPG, BOTTOM_LEFT_CORNER, PEGASUS, ICO, ADOBE, CDR and JFIF files.


FAQ

If you want to convert ANI file to CUR, MP4, DLL, EXE, DRV, VXD, 386, COM or BAT, you can use Microsoft Windows or similar software from the "Animated Mouse Cursor" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MSI, EXE, REG, MST, LNK, CAB, CAT, DRV, INF, SYS, MSU or DLL files to ANI, try Microsoft Windows or another comparable tool in the "Animated Mouse Cursor" category.



The ANI Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our ANI converter.