Convert GIF files online for free
The converter easily converts your GIF file to various formats—free and online. No Photoshop or extra software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, allowing you to convert your file into the GIF file type—in the best quality.
The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is a bitmap image format that was developed by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability. GIF files are compressed using the Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) lossless data compression technique to reduce the file size without degrading the visual quality. GIFs are suitable for sharp-edged line art with a limited number of colors, such as logos, cartoons, and other non-photographic images on the web.
GIF files can be converted to other image formats, such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and BMP, using image editing software such as Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, or IrfanView. However, it is important to note that when converting from GIF to other formats, some information may be lost due to the limited color palette of GIFs. Additionally, due to the limited color palette, GIFs are not ideal for reproducing color photographs and other images with continuous color tones.
For these reasons, it is often recommended to use other image formats such as JPEG or PNG for photographs and other continuous tone images. If you need to convert GIF files, the free and easy online website Convert.Guru is a great option.
Use Convert.Guru online viewer to open and convert your GIF file.
Similar file types are TGS, ANI, GIFV, TR, MP4, PNG, UGOIRA, GIT, GIF89A, JPG, GFI, WEBP, PKG, INP, SCR, THEME, CIF, VLC, GFL, VTF, TGA, JP2, JPX, PDF, APNG, WEBM.
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 GIF converter.