Boomerang GIF Maker
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Example boomerang GIF
How to make a boomerang GIF
- Press Choose image and pick a GIF.
- Set the Speed and the Pause at each end.
- Press Download GIF.
What is a boomerang GIF?
A boomerang plays a clip forward, then backward, then forward again, over and over. A jump becomes a jump and a fall back down. Because the end runs straight back into the start, it loops without a jump cut, even when the clip itself doesn't loop.
Boomerang GIF settings
Speed runs from 0.5 to 2. At 1 the GIF keeps its own speed, 2 plays it twice as fast and 0.5 at half speed.
Pause at each end holds the first and the last frame for up to 1 second, so the motion stops for a moment before it turns around. At 0 it turns straight away.
How the boomerang loop is built
The GIF plays through, then its frames play again in reverse. The first and the last frame aren't shown twice where it turns, so neither end stutters. With about twice as many frames, the file comes out about twice as big.
Boomerang GIF limits
A still picture, such as a JPG or PNG, has no motion to play backwards, so it comes out as it went in, as a one-frame GIF. A transparent background stays transparent. Browsers slow down frames shorter than 0.02 seconds, so on a very fast GIF at a high Speed, some frames are combined with the one before. A GIF larger than 1000 px on its long side is scaled down to 1000 px, and a GIF with more than 300 frames is thinned to 300 or fewer and keeps its length.