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Create a WhatsApp Sticker from Video

Pick up to 10 seconds of a video on a timeline and turn it into an animated 512x512 WhatsApp sticker under 500 KB. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.

Video

Drop a video here, or click to browse

Pick up to 10 seconds on the timeline · never leaves your device

Output

Select a section on the timeline and press the button; the sticker appears here.

Your GIFs never leave this tab

Create a WhatsApp Sticker from Video is JavaScript that your browser has already downloaded, and it does the whole job on your own machine. On a normal site, 200 photos straight off a camera means 1.6 GB uploaded, a wait in somebody's queue, and 240 MB downloaded again. Here it means 0 bytes up and 0 bytes down.

  • No upload
  • No file size limit
  • Works offline once loaded
  • Nothing stored or logged

How to use Create a WhatsApp Sticker from Video

  1. 1. Drop in a video. Add an MP4 or MOV clip. The video opens in a player above a filmstrip timeline so you can see exactly where the moment you want lives.
  2. 2. Drag the timeline handles. Select the section that should become the sticker. WhatsApp plays animated stickers for at most 10 seconds, so the selection window is capped there: dragging one handle further slides the window instead of growing it.
  3. 3. Press Create sticker. The selected frames are decoded at 15 fps, placed on the 512x512 transparent canvas WhatsApp requires (with the recommended 16 pixel margin, which you can turn off), and compressed until the animated WebP fits the 500 KB limit.
  4. 4. Download and pack it. Save the .webp and add it to a pack with the Create a Sticker Pack tool, or import it through any sticker maker app. WhatsApp installs stickers in packs of 3 to 30.

When to use Create a WhatsApp Sticker from Video

Create a WhatsApp Sticker from Video cuts out the GIF middle step: pick the moment straight from the source clip on a timeline and get a compliant animated sticker in one run, already 512x512 WebP and under 500 KB.

  • Catching the exact moment. The perfect two seconds sit in the middle of a minute-long clip. The filmstrip and draggable handles let you land on it precisely instead of trimming the video elsewhere first.
  • Skipping the GIF detour. Converting video to GIF and GIF to sticker degrades quality twice and doubles the work. Going straight from the video keeps more detail inside the same byte budget.
  • Making stickers from screen recordings. Screen recordings and chat app exports often use fragmented MP4 files that many tools choke on. This timeline handles them, including picking a late section without decoding everything before it.

Examples

Reaction sticker from a clip

Input

movie.mp4 + selection 0:12.0 to 0:16.5

Output

movie-sticker.webp, 512x512 animated WebP under the 500 KB WhatsApp limit

About the Create a WhatsApp Sticker from Video tool

Create a WhatsApp Sticker from Video does its work locally, right in the browser. Pick up to 10 seconds of a video on a timeline and turn it into an animated 512x512 WhatsApp sticker under 500 KB. There is no upload step, no queue and no account, and your data never travels over the network.

It belongs to the GIF Tools collection on EditSafely, a set of 116 small, focused GIF utilities that share the same instant, private workspace.

You can shape the output with the Keep a 16 px transparent margin (WhatsApp recommends it) setting, and the result refreshes the moment you change it. The finished file is put together in browser memory and saved with the Download button, so it never touches a server on the way to your disk. A worked example further down the page shows exactly what the tool produces for a real input.

Running locally also makes the tool fast and dependable: results appear as you type or drop a file, there is no server outage that can take it down mid-task, and confidential data can be processed without a second thought.

Frequently asked questions

Is Create a WhatsApp Sticker from Video free to use?

Yes, it is completely free. All 2,676 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.

Are my files uploaded to a server?

Everything happens locally. Your browser downloads the tool's code once, then does all the processing itself; nothing you enter is transmitted, stored or logged. You can even go offline after the page loads and it will still work.

Which files does Create a WhatsApp Sticker from Video accept?

It accepts MP4 videos and MOV videos. There is no file size cap imposed by a server; very large files are limited only by your device's memory.

Do I need to sign up or install anything?

No. The tool works in any modern browser on desktop, tablet or phone. There is no account to create, no extension to add and no software to install.

How do I save the output?

Click the Download button once the result is ready. The file is built in your browser's memory and handed straight to your downloads folder, without passing through a server.

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