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Anyfile converts an AVIF image 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 |
| Camera details and location | Left out: the GIF is saved without them |
| File size | Usually larger: GIF compresses less tightly than AVIF |
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:
.avif
An image format from the Alliance for Open Media, released in 2019, that stores AV1-compressed pictures in a HEIF container. It supports transparency, HDR and animation.
Modern websites that want high-quality images at small file sizes.
Opens in Chrome, Firefox, Safari 16 and later, Edge, recent photo apps
About AVIF 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 AVIF 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: the GIF is saved without camera details, so the location isn’t in it.
Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every GIF inside.