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Anyfile converts an animated PNG to a GIF image for free, right in your browser: the file is never uploaded.
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| Colours | Reduced to at most 256 colours, which GIF holds |
|---|---|
| Transparency | Kept |
| Animation | Every frame and its timing kept |
| Colour depth | Saved at 8 bits per channel |
| File size | About the same |
When to use GIF: Simple looping animations, reaction clips and small graphics with flat colour.
Open the file in the photo editor to choose before downloading:
.apng
An extension of PNG, proposed by Mozilla developers in 2004, that adds animation frames. Unlike GIF it keeps full colour and soft transparency, and plain PNG viewers show the first frame.
Small looping animations and stickers that need more colours or smoother edges than GIF allows.
Opens in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge
About APNG files.gif
An image format introduced by CompuServe in 1987. Each frame uses a palette of up to 256 colours, and a file can hold several frames that play as a short loop.
Simple looping animations, reaction clips and small graphics with flat colour.
Opens in every browser, messaging app and image viewer
About GIF filesEverything that converts to GIF
Need to change it first? Open the photo editor
Drop your APNG file on this page, or choose it. Anyfile converts it on your device in a moment and the GIF downloads straight away. To change it first, open it in the photo editor.
No. The file is read and converted by your own browser, and nothing is sent to a server. You can check: open your browser’s developer tools, go to Network, and convert a file. No upload appears.
Yes. Every frame and its timing are kept in the GIF.
Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every GIF inside.