About this conversion
GIF uses a limited 256-color palette, so it’s best suited to simple graphics, logos, and icons rather than photos. This tool quantizes losslessly when a PNG has 256 colors or fewer, and otherwise reduces intelligently to fit the palette.
Frequently asked questions
Will my PNG lose quality as a GIF?
If it has 256 colors or fewer, no -- the conversion is exact. Photos and gradients with more colors will show some banding, since GIF caps out at 256 colors total.
Does this support animated GIFs?
Output is a single static frame only -- this tool does not create or preserve GIF animation.
What about transparency?
GIF transparency here is flattened onto white, similar to this tool’s BMP output.