About the GIF to Images
GIF to Images opens an animated GIF and shows every frame as a thumbnail. You choose which frames you want, pick PNG, JPG or WebP, and download a single picture or a ZIP with the whole set. It is the quick way to rescue a still from a GIF, to get the pictures out of an animation you made, or to turn a short clip into a sequence for editing. Frames are rebuilt the way a browser plays them, so GIFs that only store the changed part of each frame still come out as complete pictures. Still GIFs with one frame work too. The file is read in your browser and is never uploaded. Very large GIFs are refused with a message, because every frame has to be held in memory: the limit is 600 frames, and the total size of the decoded frames is capped as well.
Updated September 2026
How to use the GIF to Images
- 1Choose Select GIF, or drop a .gif file on the page.
- 2Look through the thumbnails and tap frames to select or unselect them, or use All, Every 2nd, Every 5th, First or Last.
- 3Pick PNG, JPG or WebP.
- 4Choose Download. One selected frame is saved as a single picture; several are saved together in a ZIP.
Which picture format should you choose?
PNG is the best all-round choice for frames: it is lossless and keeps see-through areas, so a GIF with a transparent background gives transparent pictures. JPG makes smaller files for photographic content but cannot be see-through, so transparent areas turn white. WebP is small and supports transparency, but some older programs cannot open it. GIFs only have 256 colours per frame, so even the lossless PNG frames are usually small.
Getting a single still from a GIF
Scroll through the thumbnails, select only the frame you want and choose Download. The picture comes out at the GIF's own size, which for many shared GIFs is small, such as 480 pixels wide. To make it larger without a blurry result, run the picture through an image enlarger afterwards, and keep in mind that no tool can add detail that the GIF never had.
Working with whole animations
- Use Every 2nd or Every 5th to get a lighter set of frames for a storyboard or contact sheet.
- The numbers in the file names follow the order in the GIF, so they import in the right order in video and design software.
- If you plan to rebuild an animation after editing, note the speed shown above the thumbnails and use the same timing in a GIF maker.
- GIFs with hundreds of big frames use a lot of memory. Cut them shorter or smaller first if the page refuses to open one.
How frames are rebuilt
Many GIFs save space by storing only the part of the picture that changes from one frame to the next, and telling the viewer to keep or clear the previous picture. This tool follows those instructions, so each saved picture shows the whole image as you would see it when the GIF plays. Delays of zero are shown as a tenth of a second, matching what browsers do. To rebuild a loop from frames, use the GIF Maker, and then shrink the loop with GIF Compressor. To make the frames smaller, use Compress Image, and to join them into a sheet use Combine Images.
Features
- Every frame shown as a thumbnail with its number
- All, none, every 2nd, every 5th, first or last in one tap
- PNG, JPG or WebP output at the full size of the GIF
- Transparency kept in PNG and WebP
- Frame count, size, length and speed shown
- Files named with padded numbers so they sort correctly
- Runs in your browser: the GIF is never uploaded
Frequently asked questions
How do I save one frame of a GIF as a PNG?
Open the GIF here, select just the frame you want by tapping its thumbnail, choose PNG and press Download. You get a single PNG file at the size of the GIF.
Will the pictures be the same size as the GIF?
Yes. Each frame is saved at the GIF's own width and height. The tool does not resize or enhance anything.
Why do some frames look different from the raw GIF data?
Animated GIFs often hold only the changed region for each frame. The tool draws those pieces over the earlier frames, following the GIF's own instructions, so every picture shows the complete image.
Is my GIF uploaded anywhere?
No. The file is read and split by your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, and nothing is kept after you close the page.
Is there a limit on the number of frames?
Yes, 600 frames. Every frame is held in memory as a full picture, so a GIF that is very long or very large may also be refused. Trim it, or shrink it first, and try again.
Does it keep the transparent background?
Yes, when you save as PNG or WebP. JPG cannot be transparent, so see-through areas are filled with white.
Can I turn the frames back into a GIF?
Yes. Edit the pictures, then build a new animation from them with the GIF Maker. Use the speed shown on this page to choose the same frame delay.