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title: 'Convert video to animated GIF (control size and frame rate) - OpenClip'
description: 'Turn any video clip into an animated GIF with control over resolution, frame rate, and length to balance file size against smoothness. Runs in your browser, your video never leaves your device.'
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[Tools](https://openclip.app/tools) Convert video to animated GIF (control size and frame rate)

# Convert video to animated GIF (control size and frame rate)

Turn any video clip into an animated GIF with control over resolution, frame rate, and length to balance file size against smoothness. Runs in your browser, your video never leaves your device.

1

Upload your video

Select any video file to convert to GIF.

2

Set clip range and options

Choose start/end points, size, and frame rate.

3

Download GIF

Get your animated GIF ready to share.

## Questions & answers

### Why is my GIF huge, can I make it smaller?

GIFs scale badly with length and resolution. Drop the resolution, lower the frame rate (10-15fps reads as smooth), and keep length under 10 seconds to control file size.

### How long can the GIF be?

Technically unlimited, but 5-15 seconds is the sweet spot; longer GIFs get large fast and most platforms cap embedded GIFs at a few MB.

### Will my video file be uploaded?

No. GIF conversion runs in your browser, your video never leaves your device, and we keep nothing.

### What video formats can I drop in?

MP4, MOV, WebM, and MKV all work. Output is always GIF.

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