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Convert MOV to GIF
Free, in your browser, with no watermark and no signup. This renders your video as an animated GIF: silent, looping, and pasteable anywhere a video is not accepted.
Why you have a MOV file
This is the screen-recording route. macOS screen captures and iPhone clips both come out as MOV, and turning one into a GIF is how a bug repro or a quick UI demo ends up in a ticket or a chat where nobody wants to click play.
What the conversion actually does
Same two-pass palette render as any video to GIF: 12fps, up to 480px wide, with the colour palette generated from your own frames. Screen recordings tend to convert especially well, because flat interface colours are exactly what a 256-colour palette handles best.
Worth knowing first
Capped at 30 seconds, and the audio track is discarded, since GIF has no sound. Recordings of video content or camera footage will look noticeably rougher than a screen capture at the same settings.
How to convert MOV to GIF
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Add your MOV file
Drop it in, or pick it from your device. Free uploads go up to 1 GB per file.
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Choose GIF
Pick the output format from the list. Queue several files of the same type to batch them.
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Download
Watch progress live, then download the result. No watermark, on any plan.
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Frequently asked
How do I convert MOV to GIF for free?
Open the GrumpTools File Converter, add your MOV file, choose GIF as the output and download the result. It runs in the browser, output is never watermarked, and free uploads go up to 1 GB per file.
Does converting MOV to GIF reduce quality?
Capped at 30 seconds, and the audio track is discarded, since GIF has no sound. Recordings of video content or camera footage will look noticeably rougher than a screen capture at the same settings.
Can I convert several MOV files at once?
Yes. Queue multiple files of the same type and convert them in one batch, then download them individually or all at once.