Convert WEBP to GIF

An animated WEBP downloaded from a sticker pack or a site needs to go somewhere that still only takes GIF, such as an older chat client or a forum.

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Where the streams already fit the target container this is a lossless remux, which is close to instant. Otherwise it re-encodes, which in a browser is slow — keep it under a few hundred MB and send long videos to the cloud engine.
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    What actually changes

    WEBP and GIF are not the same picture in two wrappers.

    Frames are decoded and re-quantised to a 256-colour palette per frame, then packed as GIF. Timing information is carried over. The GIF will be several times larger than the WEBP it came from.

    Worth knowing first

    Animated WEBP allows per-frame alpha blending; GIF allows one transparent palette index and a crude disposal method. Semi-transparent edges become hard, and animations built on cross-fades can leave visible ghosting between frames.

    Questions

    WEBP to GIF, answered

    Why is the GIF bigger than the WEBP?

    WEBP compresses animation with inter-frame prediction similar to video. GIF only has LZW per frame, so it stores far more data for the same motion.

    Can I keep it smaller?

    Cut the frame rate and the dimensions. Those two knobs dominate GIF size far more than any palette tuning.

    How to convert WEBP to GIF

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    Add your files

    Drop one WEBP or two hundred. Batch conversion is not a paid feature here.

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    Choose your settings

    Graphics Interchange Format is lossy, so the quality control decides the trade between size and fidelity.

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    Download

    Converted and deleted the moment it finishes. Never written to permanent storage.

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