WebP to GIF Converter

How to convert WebP to GIF

1. Choose your WebP files. Drop up to 20 WebP files, animated or still, or click to pick them. The files are decoded on your device and never uploaded.
2. Set the output. Leave the size on Original, or scale the longest side to 512, 256, 128 or your own number. Cap the frame rate if you want a lighter GIF. Pick a size limit such as 256 KB or 10 MB if you have one to meet.
3. Choose how transparency looks. GIF can show a pixel or hide it, but nothing in between. Keep the transparency and blend soft edges with a color, or replace transparent areas with a solid background.
4. Download the GIFs. Compare each GIF with its WebP, then download them one by one or as a single ZIP.

Why convert WebP to GIF

WebP is a modern image format that stores animations in much smaller files than GIF. The trouble starts when you try to use one: some chat apps, forums, e-mail clients, presentation software and older image viewers do not play animated WebP, or show it as a still picture or a broken file. GIF plays almost everywhere, so converting is the quickest way to get a file that just works. Expect the GIF to be larger than the WebP, because GIF has far weaker compression.

Animated and still WebP

An animated WebP becomes an animated GIF with the same frames and the same timing, and it loops forever unless you choose to play it once. A still WebP becomes a GIF with a single frame, which the page points out before you download it. If you only need a still picture in another format, a GIF is not the best container, but it is a handy one when an app only accepts GIF.

Works the same in every browser

Some browsers can decode animated WebP frame by frame themselves. Others, such as Firefox, cannot, so for those files the converter reads the WebP container directly, decodes each frame with the browser's image decoder and puts the frames together with the right blending and disposal rules. The result is the same GIF whichever browser you use.

Transparent WebP and GIF edges

WebP supports smooth, partial transparency. GIF supports only fully see-through or fully solid pixels. The converter turns soft edge pixels into solid ones by blending them with an edge color, so cut-out pictures do not get a dark outline. Use the dark swatch for dark backgrounds and white for light ones, or choose any color. If the GIF will be shown on an unknown background, fill the transparent areas with a solid color instead.

Frame rate, size and limits

GIF timing is stored in hundredths of a second, and browsers play frames shorter than 20 milliseconds as 100 milliseconds. To avoid that, the converter merges very short frames and keeps the animation's total length. The frame-rate menu can also cap the speed at 30, 20 or 15 frames per second, which is the quickest way to shrink a GIF. If a platform limits file size, pick a limit from Keep under and the tool lowers colors and frames only as far as needed. For more control, send the result to the GIF compressor.

Related conversions

Discord stickers often arrive as WebP, APNG or PNG; the Discord sticker to GIF converter has the same engine with options for stickers. To go from GIF to an animated PNG, use GIF to APNG, and to make a GIF from a video, use the video to GIF converter.