GIF Cutter
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Example trimmed GIF
How to cut a GIF
- Press Choose image and pick a GIF.
- Move Frames to cut from the start until the GIF begins where you want.
- Move Frames to cut from the end until it stops where you want.
- Press Download GIF.
GIF cutter settings
Both sliders count frames. Each one runs up to one less than the number of frames in your GIF, and both go back to zero when you pick a new GIF.
The preview loops only the part you are keeping, so you see the cut as you make it. At least one frame always stays: if the two cuts would meet, the cut from the start is kept and the cut from the end gives way.
Why it cuts by frames
A GIF is a row of pictures, and each one can stay on screen for a different length of time. Cutting whole frames means the cut never lands in the middle of one. The frames that are left keep their own timing, so the GIF plays at the same speed.
What trimming a GIF is for
Taking off a slow start or the dead frames at the end. Making a cleaner loop by ending on a frame that looks like the first. Getting under a file size limit: fewer frames make a smaller file, and the new size is shown under the button after the download.
GIF cutter limits
A GIF larger than 1000 px on its long side is scaled down to 1000 px. A GIF with more than 300 frames is thinned to 300 or fewer before you cut it, and a long GIF at a large size can be thinned further. The skipped frames' time is added to the ones that stay. A transparent background stays transparent.