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Convert MP4 to GIF

A reaction, a product demo, a bug you need to show: drop the MP4 here and save it as a GIF that loops anywhere.

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MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV. It opens right here, on your device.

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Tested in the browser

BrowserResultWhat came out
Google Chrome 155ConvertedGIF: no sound, 640×360
WebKit 27.2 (Safari’s engine)ConvertedGIF: no sound, 640×360

On October 24, 2026, a 10-second 1280×720 MP4 (H.264 video, AAC sound) went through this page’s button in each browser, and what came out was read back with ffprobe.

The test file carried a location tag; no converted copy kept it.

When to turn MP4 into GIF

A GIF plays by itself wherever it is pasted: in a chat, an issue tracker, an email or a slide, with no play button and no sound. That makes it the quickest way to show a few seconds of motion.

The catch is weight: a GIF stores every frame in up to 256 colours and compresses poorly, so full-HD footage turns into a heavy file. Shycut scales the GIF down and lowers its frame rate to the quality you pick, and keeps it short.

MP4 and GIF, in short

MP4
The format that plays almost everywhere: phones, browsers, TVs, editing apps and every social platform take it. Inside is usually H.264 video and AAC sound.
GIF
A looping picture with up to 256 colours per frame and no sound. It plays inline in chats, documents and READMEs, but long or large clips make heavy files.

How to convert

  1. Open the MP4

    Press the button and drop the file, or pick it from your files. It opens in this browser tab: nothing is uploaded, so there is no upload limit to hit.

  2. GIF is already chosen

    The save window opens set to it. Change the file name or the quality if you like.

  3. Save

    The new file is written on your device and downloaded. Several files? Drop them together and they are converted one after another.

What changes, what stays

Length
Up to 60 seconds; a longer video is cut off there.
Smoothness and size
Small: 10 frames a second, 480 px on the long side · Balanced: 12 frames a second, 640 px on the long side · High: 15 frames a second, 800 px on the long side
Sound
A GIF has none, so the sound is left out.
Details about you
The file is written from scratch, so none of the original’s metadata comes along: no location, no camera or phone model.

Questions

How long can the GIF be?

Up to 60 seconds. A longer video is cut off at that point, so trim it first if the moment you want comes later.

Can I turn only part of the video into a GIF?

Yes: open the MP4 in the editor, trim it to the moment you want, and save as GIF from there.

Why is my GIF bigger than the MP4?

GIF is a far older format with much weaker compression than video. A shorter clip or Small quality keeps it light.

Your video stays with you.

Open Shycut, drop the video in and export. Free, with no account, and your video never leaves your device.

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