GIF to PNG Details
This page is a single-purpose converter: it rewrites GIF files as PNG. Drop a file in, run the conversion, take the download.
GIF keeps at most 256 colours per frame and can hold a short animation inside a single file. PNG is a lossless raster format with a real alpha channel, so repeated saves never degrade the picture.
How to use it
If this is your first visit, here is how it behaves.
- Drag your GIF files onto the upload area, or click it and pick them from the file dialog.
- Files line up in the queue as you add them. The ceiling is 20 files, so run a second round for more.
- The convert button rewrites the selected file as PNG; the batch button repeats that for every GIF file in the queue.
- Type a different name in the queue field if you want one, and the file lands with that name plus the PNG extension.
- Click the download link on the finished row and the PNG file lands on your device.
Limits and processing behaviour
A few details that make the decision easier:
- Accepted input: GIF (gif), up to 24 MB per file.
- The result is written as PNG and written losslessly, so there is no quality value to pick.
- The queue carries 20 files at a time, and each file travels in its own request.
- Transparent pixels survive the trip because PNG supports an alpha channel.
- Upload an animated GIF and the PNG result comes from the first frame; the rest are dropped.
- Do not count on metadata surviving: whether EXIF and ICC data travel depends on the engine handling the file, so keep anything critical elsewhere.
Picking the right tool
This conversion earns its place when an existing GIF file has to land somewhere that asks for PNG. Logos, screenshots, interface assets and anything that needs a transparent background belong in PNG. It stays crisp on text and hard edges, while photographs end up heavier than their JPG or WebP versions. GIF keeps at most 256 colours per frame and can hold a short animation inside a single file.
PNG is not the answer if you only want a lighter file; use the Image Compressor to shrink an image without changing its format (quality 20 to 95).
Practical notes
- For larger sets, work in groups of 20; the queue survives as long as you keep the tab open.
- Renaming outputs in the queue keeps your downloads folder readable once several PNG files land there.
- PNG is written losslessly, so saving again does no damage and the file works as an archive copy.
- Open the PNG file afterwards and check edges and colour gradients, and keep the GIF source where it is.
Where your data is processed
Processing an image means uploading it, and that upload lives only as long as the request. Once the output exists, the file is not stored and never handed to a third party. Ads may appear on the page, but no ad network can reach your upload.