This online utility lets you create dithered GIFs with fewer colors. You can set the number of colors in the options and choose a dithering algorithm. You can optionally convert the GIF to grayscale, preview the animated GIF using a built-in player, and inspect individual frames before downloading. Created by GIF experts from team Browserling.
This online utility lets you create dithered GIFs with fewer colors. You can set the number of colors in the options and choose a dithering algorithm. You can optionally convert the GIF to grayscale, preview the animated GIF using a built-in player, and inspect individual frames before downloading. Created by GIF experts from team Browserling.
This is a browser-based program that transforms any static or animated GIF into a dithered GIF with a reduced color palette. Technically, dithering is an intentional form of noise used to simulate missing colors. When you reduce an image from millions of colors down to just a few (for example, 2 or 4), the result typically suffers from harsh color banding. Dithering fixes this by arranging pixels into intelligent patterns. These patterns trick the eye into perceiving gradients and shades that aren't actually present, creating the iconic grainy, retro aesthetic seen in 1990s computer games and pixel art. In addition to its visual effect, dithering can significantly reduce file size. By limiting the number of colors used across the entire animation, the GIF requires a much smaller color table and compresses more efficiently, often resulting in smaller files. To create a dithered GIF, simply upload your file, choose how many colors you want to keep, and select a dithering algorithm such as Floyd Steinberg, Stucki, or Atkinson. You can optionally convert the GIF to grayscale, which removes all color while preserving tonal detail. The built-in player lets you preview playback, pause the animation, or inspect a specific frame. Detailed frame information (total frames, current frame, delay, and size) is shown to help you inspect the structure and timing of the GIF. Gifabulous!
This is a browser-based program that transforms any static or animated GIF into a dithered GIF with a reduced color palette. Technically, dithering is an intentional form of noise used to simulate missing colors. When you reduce an image from millions of colors down to just a few (for example, 2 or 4), the result typically suffers from harsh color banding. Dithering fixes this by arranging pixels into intelligent patterns. These patterns trick the eye into perceiving gradients and shades that aren't actually present, creating the iconic grainy, retro aesthetic seen in 1990s computer games and pixel art. In addition to its visual effect, dithering can significantly reduce file size. By limiting the number of colors used across the entire animation, the GIF requires a much smaller color table and compresses more efficiently, often resulting in smaller files. To create a dithered GIF, simply upload your file, choose how many colors you want to keep, and select a dithering algorithm such as Floyd Steinberg, Stucki, or Atkinson. You can optionally convert the GIF to grayscale, which removes all color while preserving tonal detail. The built-in player lets you preview playback, pause the animation, or inspect a specific frame. Detailed frame information (total frames, current frame, delay, and size) is shown to help you inspect the structure and timing of the GIF. Gifabulous!
In this example, we take an animated GIF and reduce it to just two colors using the Atkinson dithering algorithm. Despite the extremely limited palette, dithering distributes pixels in a way that preserves the motion and shapes of the lollipops, resulting in an animation with a distinct pixel-art appearance. With only two colors in the palette, the GIF compresses far more efficiently, reducing the file size from 504 KB to just 78 KB. (Source: Pexels.)
This example applies dithering to a four-frame sprite animation of the Metal Rear boss from Metal Slug 5. It limits the entire animation to seven colors and applies the Stucki dithering method, which distributes pixels across the frames to simulate metallic gradients and reflective surfaces. The original sprite has a transparent background, and the tool keeps this transparency unchanged in the output. (Source: SNK.)
In this example, we convert a static cat GIF into grayscale, limit the palette to three tones, and apply the Jarvis dithering algorithm. The result is a highly detailed image where brightness and darkness carry the visual weight and texture. (Source: Pexels.)
Create animated GIFs in your browser.
Change the order of frames in a GIF animation.
Insert one or more frames in a GIF animation.
Decrease the size of a GIF.
Add an audio track to a GIF.
Gradually fade-out the frames of a GIF.
Gradually fade-in the frames of a GIF.
Cross-fade a GIF frame by frame.
Cross-fade two GIF animations.
Smoothly transform one GIF into another GIF.
Change the delay between all GIF frames to the same value.
Change the framerate of a GIF.
Change the quality of a GIF.
Increase the width and height of a GIF.
Decrease the width and height of a GIF.
Create a chess game animation from a PGN file.
Create a go game animation from a SGF file.
Create a draughts/checkers game animation from a PDN file.
Generate a GIF animation of winning a Solitaire game.
Create a GIF animation of Game of Life.
Base64-encode a GIF.
Base64-decode a GIF.
Base58-encode a GIF.
Base58-decode a GIF.
Convert a sequential GIF to progressive GIF.
Convert a progressive GIF to a sequential GIF.
Convert an animated PNG to an animated GIF.
Convert an animated GIF to an animated PNG.
Convert an animated PNG to an animated GIF.
Convert a GIF animation to an AV1 animation (AVIF).
Convert an AV1 animation (AVIF) to a GIF animation.
Convert a GIF animation to a HEIF animation.
Convert a HEIF animation to a GIF animation.
Export a GIF animation to a BPG animation.
Convert an animated BPG to an animated GIF.
Convert a GIF animation to an AVI video.
Convert an AVI video to a GIF animation.
Convert a GIF animation to a WMV video.
Convert a WMV video to a GIF animation.
Convert a GIF animation to an MP4 video.
Convert an MP4 video to a GIF animation.
Convert a GIF animation to an MKV video.
Convert an MKV video to a GIF animation.
Convert a GIF animation to a MOV video.
Convert a MOV video to a GIF animation.
Convert a GIF animation to GIF video (GIFV).
Convert a GIF video (GIFV) to a GIF animation.
Create a Data URI from a GIF animation.
Reconstruct a GIF from a Data URI.
Draw one or more GIF frames as ASCII art.
Create an animation from multiple ASCII art drawings.
Draw one or more GIF frames as ANSI art.
Create an animation from multiple ANSI art drawings.
Draw one or more GIF frames using Unicode glyphs.
Create a GIF from multiple Unicode drawings.
Draw one or more GIF frames using Braille characters.
Create a GIF animation from Braille characters.
Replace one color in a GIF with another.
Convert all colors in a GIF to just two black and white.
Find the color palette used in a GIF.
Find the color index used in a GIF.
Randomly change the color indexes of a GIF.
Create a GIF with more than 256 colors.
Convert a 256-color GIF to a 2-color GIF.
Convert a non-dithered GIF to a dithered GIF.
Merge dithered pixels and create a non-dithered GIF.
Change the delay interval between individual GIF frames.
Split a GIF into two or more GIFs.
Join two or more GIFs into a single GIF.
Shift GIF frames to the right or to the left.
Hide the selected area in a GIF by drawing a block over it.
Extract a part (a range of frames) from a GIF.
Create multiple GIF copies side-by-side.
Create multiple copies of individual GIF frames.
Skew a GIF animation by an angle.
Reverse a skew in a GIF animation.
Create a pixel whirl of any radius in a GIF.
Create a GIF that animates white noise.
Make a GIF animation go so slow that it appears almost static.
Generate a GIF that contains a scrolling marquee.
Add a semi-transparent watermark to a GIF animation.
Remove a watermark from a GIF animation.
Extract all GIF frames in a folder and zip it up.
Add a hidden comment in GIF's metainfo section.
Clear all metainfo from a GIF.
Animate multiple GIFs at the same time side-by-side.
Add an animation effect to a message.
Layer two GIFs and put one GIF on top of another GIF.
Overlay an animated GIF on any image or photo.
Overlay any image or photo on an animated GIF.
Quickly change the playback length of a GIF.
Convert any image to a GIF that emulates slow Internet speed.
Create a GIF animation of a loading spinner.
Let Zalgo destroy a GIF animation.
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