Create an Animated GIF
Turn several uploaded images into one looping animated GIF. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
Drop a file here, or click to browse
Files never leave your device
Drop a file here, or click to browse
Files never leave your device
Output
The result appears here as you type.
How to use Create an Animated GIF
- 1. Add your frame images. Upload several images, in the order you want them to play, such as frame1.png, frame2.png and frame3.png. Each one becomes one frame of the animation.
- 2. Set the Frame delay (ms). Enter how many milliseconds each frame stays on screen before advancing to the next. Lower values give faster, more frantic motion, higher values slow the animation down.
- 3. Download the animated GIF. Save animation.gif once it is ready, which loops forever by default and plays through your uploaded images in the order you added them.
When to use Create an Animated GIF
Create an Animated GIF turns several separately uploaded images into one looping animated GIF file. It is for combining existing still frames you already have into motion, rather than generating or editing an animation from a single source image.
- Turning a photo burst into a looping GIF. A phone's burst-shot mode captured a short sequence of action photos, and combining them into a GIF turns the still frames into a shareable looping animation.
- Building a step-by-step tutorial animation. A set of screenshots showing sequential steps in a process, like a software workflow, becomes clearer as a looping GIF than as separate static images.
- Making a simple stop-motion clip. A small stop-motion project has individual frame photos captured one at a time, and assembling them here with a consistent frame delay produces the final animated clip.
Examples
Animate 3 frames
Input
frame1.png + frame2.png + frame3.png
Output
animation.gif (loops forever)
About the Create an Animated GIF tool
Create an Animated GIF is a free online tool that works entirely inside your web browser. Turn several uploaded images into one looping animated GIF. Because the processing happens on your own device, nothing you enter is uploaded, logged or stored anywhere.
This page is one of 200 Image utilities on EditSafely. Each one does a single job well, and all of them follow the same rule: your input stays on your machine.
You can shape the output with the Frame delay (ms) 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.
Because nothing leaves your device, the tool is suitable for sensitive content such as internal documents, credentials or customer data. It also responds instantly, since every keystroke is handled on your own machine rather than by a remote API.
Frequently asked questions
Does Create an Animated GIF cost anything?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,658 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No data leaves your device. The whole tool is JavaScript that runs inside your browser tab, so there is no upload, no server-side processing and no log of what you did. If you disconnect from the internet after the page loads, it keeps working.
Which files does Create an Animated GIF accept?
It accepts images in any common format (PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF and more). 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?
Nothing to install and no account needed. Open the page in any up-to-date browser, including on a phone or tablet, and the tool is ready.
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.