Batch Convert GIF to WebP Online — Preserve Animations

Yes! Animated GIFs are converted to animated WebP, preserving all frames and timing. This converter intelligently handles both types:

• Animated GIFs → Animated WebP (all frames preserved with original timing)
• Static GIFs → Static WebP (single frame, optimized compression)

Benefits of animated WebP:

• Much smaller files: Animated WebP is typically 50-80% smaller than GIF
• Better quality: Advanced VP8/VP9 compression vs GIF's 256-color palette
• Modern format: Supported by all major browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge)
• Perfect for: Animated memes, UI animations, product demos, and social media

We support animated GIFs up to 1,000 frames. The maximum duration depends on your animation's frame rate:

• 10 fps: Up to 1 minute 40 seconds
• 15 fps: Up to 1 minute 7 seconds
• 24 fps: Up to 42 seconds
• 30 fps: Up to 33 seconds
• 60 fps: Up to 17 seconds

Tip: Most animated GIFs are 10-30 fps. If your animation exceeds 1,000 frames, consider trimming it or reducing the frame rate before conversion.

WebP offers dramatically smaller file sizes with similar or better quality. For web performance, WebP is the modern choice:

• Animated WebP advantages: 50-80% smaller than animated GIF with better quality
• True color support: 16.7M colors vs GIF's 256-color palette
• Better compression: Modern VP8 codec vs LZW compression from 1987
• Modern browser support: All major browsers support WebP (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge)
• Transparency support: Full alpha channel like PNG (256 levels vs GIF's binary)

For web optimization, GIF→WebP is one of the highest-impact conversions you can make.

High-quality lossy—visually indistinguishable from the original. We use WebP quality 85, which is equivalent to JPEG quality 90:

• Visually lossless: No perceptible difference from the original GIF
• Much smaller files: 50-80% smaller than GIF (better than true lossless)
• Full transparency: Alpha channel preserved

Why lossy instead of lossless? GIF already uses a limited 256-color palette—it's not a "true color" format. High-quality lossy WebP produces identical visual results with dramatically better compression.

Convert.FAST defaults to quality over size. For maximum compression, our upcoming Compress.FAST service will offer best-in-class optimization with adjustable quality settings.

Expect 30-80% smaller files depending on content type. Results vary:

• Animated GIFs: 50-80% smaller (huge savings from modern codec)
• Simple static graphics: 40-70% smaller (solid colors, logos)
• Complex static images: 25-50% smaller (photos, detailed graphics)

Animated WebP is one of the most impactful optimizations for web performance—especially for meme-heavy sites and social platforms.

Yes, and it gets better. WebP has superior transparency support:

• GIF transparency: Binary (on/off) - pixels are either 100% transparent or 100% opaque
• WebP transparency: Full alpha channel with 256 levels of transparency

Your transparent areas are preserved, often with smoother edges than the original GIF. This makes GIF→WebP ideal for:

• Logos and icons with transparent backgrounds
• Graphics that overlay other content
• UI elements and buttons

Yes. We preserve animation behavior from your source GIF:

• Loop behavior: Infinite-looping GIFs become infinite-looping WebPs
• Frame timing: Frame delays are preserved
• Frame order: All frames converted in original sequence

Your animated WebP will behave like the original GIF, just with a much smaller file size.

Yes. WordPress has supported WebP natively since version 5.8 (July 2021). You can upload, manage, and serve WebP images just like GIF without any plugins.

• Native support: WordPress 5.8+ handles WebP uploads, resizing, and thumbnail generation
• CDN integration: Cloudflare, Fastly, and most CDNs can auto-serve WebP to compatible browsers

No, not reliably. Most email clients (Outlook, Gmail web, Apple Mail, Yahoo) do not support WebP images.

Recommendation: Keep your original GIFs for email newsletters. GIF has universal email client support, making it the better choice for email even though WebP files are smaller.