Convert GIF to PNG Live
Convert GIF to lossless PNG with full transparency support.
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A GIF is limited to a 256-colour palette, so a single frame often looks banded or dithered. Exporting that frame to PNG gives you full colour and lossless quality — perfect for turning a GIF still into a crisp graphic.
GIF dates from 1987 and shows it: a hard ceiling of 256 colours per frame and crude on/off transparency. PNG removes both limits — millions of colours, smooth alpha blending, lossless storage — which is why a GIF still exported to PNG stops looking dithered or banded.
How to convert GIF to PNG
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Open GIF to PNG Converter
Load this page — everything runs in your browser, so there's nothing to install.
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Add your files
Drag and drop GIF images onto the workspace, or click to browse. Add several at once for batch processing.
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Adjust the settings
Fine-tune the output with the options panel and watch the result update live.
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Download your result
Save each file or grab everything as a single zip. Your originals are never uploaded.
When should you convert GIF to PNG?
- Pulling a clean still frame out of an animated GIF.
- Getting full colour from a GIF that looks banded or posterised.
- Keeping the GIF's transparency in a higher-quality format.
- Using a GIF graphic somewhere a lossless PNG is required.
How GIF and PNG compare
GIF is best for short, simple looping animations and legacy compatibility. PNG is best for logos, icons, screenshots, graphics with transparency, and images you will edit repeatedly.
At a glance, this is how GIF and PNG differ:
| Property | GIF | PNG |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossless (limited to 256 colours) | Lossless |
| Transparency | Yes | Yes |
| Animation | Yes | No |
| Typical file size | Large for photos; fine for short, simple animations | Larger than JPG/WebP for photos; efficient for flat graphics |
| Support | Universal | Universal — supported everywhere |
| Best for | Short, simple looping animations and legacy compatibility. | Logos, icons, screenshots, graphics with transparency, and images you will edit repeatedly. |
Things to keep in mind when converting GIF to PNG
- Animated GIFs are converted as a single still PNG — the first frame — and the tool shows a note when that happens. To keep the motion, use a dedicated GIF or video tool instead.
GIF to PNG: quality, file size and privacy
PNG is a lossless format, so the converted image keeps full quality with no compression artefacts — every pixel your GIF contains comes through untouched.
Every conversion happens on your own device: the GIF files you drop are opened by your browser and never sent to a server. There are no daily limits or watermarks to worry about, and no account to create.
Frequently asked questions
Are my files uploaded when I convert GIF to PNG?
No files are sent to us or anyone. The converter is code that runs in your browser tab; your GIF images are opened, converted and saved without touching the network.
Is the GIF to PNG converter free?
Yes. Converting GIF to PNG is free and unlimited, with no sign-up and no watermark.
Can I convert many GIF files at once?
Batch conversion is built in: drop a whole folder of GIF files — up to 50 at a time — and download everything as a zip.
Does it convert animated GIFs?
This tool converts the first frame of an animated GIF to a still PNG. To keep animation, use a dedicated GIF tool like Optimize GIF.
Will the PNG file be smaller than my GIF?
It depends on the image, but you can use the quality slider to control the final PNG file size.
Do I need to install software to convert GIF to PNG?
No software is needed to turn GIF into PNG — the whole tool arrives with the page when it loads, which is also why it works the same on every operating system.
Will converting GIF to PNG reduce quality?
No — PNG is lossless, so quality is preserved exactly. Detail already lost in the original GIF can't be restored, but nothing new is lost.