GIF to PNG Converter

Convert a GIF frame to lossless PNG, keeping transparency. Free in your browser — no sign-up, no watermarks.

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🔍 How your file is processed

Runs: In your browser on this page
Engine: Your browser's own image decoder and canvas encoders (AVIF included); HEIC decodes via a bundled JavaScript decoder (Emscripten-compiled libheif); GIF, BMP and ICO are written by our own encoders
Max input: 512 MB per file
Your file: Processed in this browser tab — the file is not uploaded. Converted results are kept in this browser's local storage for up to two hours so their matching download page can show them; expired results are removed on the next site visit. Nothing is stored on our servers.
Good to know: Converting to JPG or lossy WebP applies the quality level you choose. JPG and BMP have no transparency, and our GIF encoder does not carry transparency either — transparent areas are flattened to the background for all three. Animated GIF input is read as its first frame.

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How to convert GIF to PNG

Click Choose files (or drag & drop) and select one or more GIF files. You can also paste an image from your clipboard.
No settings needed for this conversion — the defaults handle everything.
Press Convert to PNG. Each file is converted with a live progress indicator.
Open the download page to save your files individually or grab everything as a single ZIP.

Why convert GIF to PNG?

GIF stickers and graphics often carry transparency that JPG would destroy. PNG keeps the transparent background and reproduces the limited GIF palette exactly, making it the right choice for logos and graphics saved as GIF in the 2000s.

What this tool preserves — and what it changes

✓ Preserved

The first frame pixel-for-pixel — palette colors are reproduced exactly, nothing is re-quantized
Transparency: the GIF's transparent background carries into the PNG alpha channel

↺ Changed

Animation is not carried — a multi-frame GIF becomes one still PNG (the inspection card warns when it counts more than one frame)
There is no quality decision on this path; for a single frame both ends are lossless

Known limits & edge cases

GIF transparency is all-or-nothing (each pixel fully transparent or fully opaque) — converting to PNG does not invent soft edges
The limited palette of 2000s-era GIF graphics is stored exactly — PNG does not restore colors the GIF never had

Engine: Your browser's own image decoder and canvas encoders (AVIF included); HEIC decodes via a bundled JavaScript decoder (Emscripten-compiled libheif); GIF, BMP and ICO are written by our own encoders. These statements describe the engine as shipped on 2026-10-02 — behaviour changes are recorded in the changelog.

About the formats

What is a GIF file?

GIF is one of the oldest image formats still in daily use. It is limited to a palette of 256 colors and supports simple frame-based animation, which made it the format of memes and short looping clips. For still images its color limit shows visible banding on photos, so converting GIFs to JPG or PNG — or building a GIF from a still image — is a very common task.

What is a PNG file?

PNG is a lossless image format that preserves every pixel exactly as it was saved. It supports full alpha transparency, which makes it the standard for logos, icons, screenshots and any graphic that must keep sharp edges and clean text. PNG files are larger than JPG for photos, but they never lose quality no matter how many times they are re-saved.

GIF vs PNG at a glance

	GIF	PNG
Type	Raster image	Raster image
Compression	Lossless (256 colors max)	Lossless
Transparency	Yes (1-bit)	Yes (alpha)
Animation	Yes	No
Typical use	Memes, simple animations, stickers	Logos, screenshots, graphics with text

The cleanest still you can pull from a GIF

Converting a GIF’s first frame to PNG is the lossless option: every pixel and the transparency mask (GIF’s hard on/off transparency) survive exactly. That makes PNG the right choice when the GIF is a graphic rather than a photo — pixel art, an old logo, a button or banner from a legacy site — and you want to edit it, upscale it deliberately, or place it in a document without introducing compression smears around the edges.

PNG also upgrades what the format can hold: where GIF caps at 256 colors with 1-bit transparency, PNG supports millions of colors and smooth 8-bit alpha, so any edits you make afterwards aren’t constrained by the source’s limits. As with any GIF conversion here, animated inputs yield the first frame — grab it, clean it up, and the artwork lives on in a modern container.

Frequently asked questions

Is this GIF to PNG converter free?

Yes — completely free, with no sign-up, no watermarks and no daily quota. Processing happens in this browser, so the practical limit is the memory available on your device.

Can I convert multiple GIF files at once?

Yes. Select or drop as many files as you like — each one is converted in sequence with its own progress status, and you can download the results individually or all together as a ZIP archive.

Will I lose quality converting GIF to PNG?

No — PNG is a lossless format, so the converted file reproduces the decoded image pixel for pixel. No additional compression artifacts are introduced by the conversion.