Will an animated GIF stay animated as a PNG?

No — standard PNG is a still-image format, so converting an animated GIF keeps a single frame. If you want to keep the animation, convert the GIF to MP4 or animated WEBP instead; both are dramatically smaller than GIF anyway.

Does converting GIF to PNG lose any quality?

No — PNG can represent everything GIF can (and far more), so the conversion is lossless. GIF is limited to a 256-color palette; PNG carries the same pixels exactly, with full-color support available for future edits.

Why convert a still GIF to PNG at all?

PNG gives you true alpha transparency instead of GIF's crude on/off transparency, full 24-bit color for editing, and usually a smaller file for still images. There's no reason to keep still images in GIF format today.

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GIF is limited to 256 colors and uses dated LZW compression. Converting to PNG preserves transparency, supports millions of colors, and produces a smaller file for static images.

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Why convert GIF to PNG?

Improve quality on screenshots and line art — GIF dithers gradients badly.
Smaller files for non-animated images that were saved as GIF.
True transparency (alpha channel) instead of GIF's binary on/off transparency.

Tip: For animated GIFs, convert to MP4 or WebM instead — animated PNG (APNG) exists but is rarely supported.

How to convert GIF to PNG

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Click Start and wait for the conversion to finish.
Download your converted PNG file.

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