APNG to GIF
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Example GIF made from an APNG
How to convert APNG to GIF
- Press Choose image and pick an animated PNG, saved as .png or .apng.
- Keep Transparent background on, or turn it off and pick a Background color.
- Press Download GIF.
What carries over from the APNG
Every frame, in order, with its own timing. An APNG often stores only the part of each frame that changes. The tool rebuilds every frame whole, so the GIF looks the way the APNG plays in a browser.
The loop setting carries over too: an APNG set to play twice makes a GIF that plays twice. GIF timing moves in hundredths of a second, so a frame can be a few milliseconds off, but the animation keeps its length.
APNG to GIF transparency settings
Transparent background is on by default. GIF has no partial transparency: pixels less than half opaque become clear and the rest become solid. So soft edges look harder than in the APNG, and a faint shadow can disappear.
Turn it off and pick a Background color to lay the animation on that color. Soft edges then blend into it smoothly, which looks best when the color matches where the GIF will go.
When to turn an APNG into a GIF
Use it when you have an animated PNG, such as a sticker or an emoji, and the place you want to post it takes GIFs.
APNG to GIF limits
An APNG larger than 1000 px on its long side is scaled down to 1000 px. One with more than 300 frames is thinned to 300 or fewer and keeps its length. Each GIF frame holds up to 256 colors. A PNG that isn't animated comes out as a one-frame GIF.