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GIF to PNG Converter — Free, Local, No Upload

The short answer: Converting a GIF to PNG freezes it into a lossless still: the first frame is decoded and re-encoded at exact quality, almost always at a much smaller file size than the animated original. It is the right move for pulling a logo, diagram, or reaction frame out of a GIF as an editable, quality-safe image.

How to convert GIF to PNG

Convert GIF to PNG now

The button opens the Image Format Converter with GIF → PNG preselected — it runs entirely in your browser and nothing is uploaded.

Open Image Format Converter

Local in your browser — nothing is uploaded

  1. Open the converter

    The button above opens the Image Format Converter with the PNG output already selected.

  2. Drop your GIF file

    Add the file (up to 12.0 MiB); the format is verified from its signature, not its name.

  3. Download the result

    Save the converted file and compare the exact before-and-after byte sizes.

Conversion facts

Input format
GIF
Output format
PNG
Max file size
12.0 MiB
Verified max input
A headless-browser test on 2026-09-20 converted a 12.0 MiB file end to end; the first byte over the limit fails with a clear error. Benchmark methodology
Max dimensions
Up to 8192 px per side · 24 MP
Quality
Lossless — no quality slider
Processing
Local in your browser — nothing is uploaded

GIF

GIF → PNG

What to watch

Only the first frame survives — the animation is discarded, and the workspace says so next to the file before you convert. Transparent pixels in the GIF stay transparent in the PNG. As with every canvas re-encode, comments and metadata in the GIF container are dropped.

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Frequently asked questions

What happens to the animation?
Only the first frame is decoded; the remaining frames are discarded. The converter discloses this next to the file before you run it, so an animated source becomes a still image.
Will converting GIF to PNG reduce image quality?
No. The PNG output re-encodes the decoded pixels exactly, with no quality slider. The file usually grows instead of shrinking, and the result is a safe master for editing and further processing.