What happens to animated GIFs?

Animated GIFs are flattened to their first frame, since PNG is a single-frame format. The first frame is exported losslessly with its transparency preserved.

Are my images uploaded to a server?

No. Conversion happens entirely in your browser using the HTML canvas — your images are never uploaded, stored or seen by anyone.

How accurate is the conversion?

PNG is a lossless format, so the converted image keeps the exact pixels and transparency of the source GIF frame at its original dimensions — there is no quality loss.

Is the PNG bigger than the GIF?

Often, yes. PNG is lossless and uses 24-bit colour with full alpha, so for photographic GIFs the file can grow. For simple flat-colour graphics the sizes are usually similar.

Does the PNG keep transparency?

Yes. The GIF's transparent areas are preserved as a true alpha channel in the PNG, so the image stays transparent over any background.

Can I convert several GIFs at once?

Yes. Drop multiple .gif files and each is converted independently, with its own size readout and download button.

Why convert GIF to PNG instead of keeping the GIF?

PNG is accepted by more editors and design tools, supports smooth 8-bit alpha transparency (GIF only has on/off transparency), and avoids GIF's 256-colour palette limit.

GIF to PNG Converter

This tool converts GIF images to PNG entirely in your browser. PNG is a lossless format with full alpha transparency that more editors and apps accept, and it avoids GIF’s 256-colour palette limit. It’s ideal when a tool rejects GIFs or you need a clean single-frame still with smooth transparency.

How it works

The converter loads your GIF and draws it onto an HTML <canvas> element, which reads the pixels of the first frame. It then exports that canvas as a PNG using the browser’s toDataURL('image/png'). Because PNG is lossless, every pixel and the alpha channel are preserved exactly at the original dimensions — there is no quality loss in the re-encode.

Animated GIFs are flattened to their first frame, since PNG holds a single image. No upload happens at any point — the entire decode-and-encode runs on your device.

Example

Suppose you have a 320×240 transparent logo saved as logo.gif:

Drop logo.gif onto the box.
The tool decodes it and re-encodes the first frame as logo.png.
You get a 320×240 PNG with the same pixels and transparent background, plus its new file size and a download button.

Aspect	GIF input	PNG output
Colours	Up to 256 (palette)	Up to 16.7M (24-bit)
Transparency	On/off (1-bit)	Smooth alpha (8-bit)
Frames kept	First frame	First frame
Quality	—	Lossless, identical pixels

Everything runs locally in your browser — your images are never uploaded, stored, or seen by anyone.