Sprite Sheet to GIF

How to turn a sprite sheet into a GIF

1. Press Choose image and pick the sprite sheet, usually a PNG.
2. Set Columns and Rows to match the sheet's grid.
3. If the last row isn't full, set Empty cells at the end.
4. Set Frames per second and press Download GIF.

Sprite sheet to GIF settings

Columns and Rows say how the sheet is divided. Every cell is the sheet's width divided by the columns, and its height divided by the rows. If the animation slides sideways or shows two half-frames, the counts don't match the sheet.

Empty cells at the end leaves off unused cells in the last row, so the GIF doesn't flash blank frames.

Frames per second runs from 1 to 50. GIF timing moves in hundredths of a second, so some speeds are rounded: 12 plays as 12.5, and 30 as 33.

Size enlarges the GIF 2, 3 or 4 times with no smoothing, which keeps pixel art sharp. It stops growing at 1200 px on the long side.

Keep the transparent background leaves the see-through parts of the sheet see-through. Turn it off to fill them with a Background color.

Which sprite sheets work

The sheet has to be a plain grid: cells of equal size, with no gaps between them and no border around them. Frames are read left to right, then top to bottom.

What a GIF from a sprite sheet is for

Checking that a walk cycle or an attack animation loops cleanly before it goes into a game. Showing a sprite in a chat, a forum post or a store page, where a sheet would just look like a grid of poses.

To make a sheet from a GIF, use GIF to Sprite Sheet.