Short answer: To convert GIF to PNG, drop the file above, choose PNG and click Convert. You get a still picture: only the first frame of an animated GIF is kept. Transparent pixels stay transparent.
GIFs are everywhere, but a still PNG is often what you need: a sticker for a design, a logo from an old website, a graphic that must open in editing software. This page converts GIF to PNG inside your browser. One important detail applies up front: if the GIF is animated, only its first frame is saved, because a PNG is a single picture.
How do GIF and PNG differ?
GIF dates from the late 1980s. It stores at most 256 colors per picture, supports simple on-or-off transparency and can hold animation. PNG supports millions of colors and smooth partial transparency, but it is not an animation format. Converting keeps the picture as it looks, and the PNG is easier to edit and to place on other graphics without ragged edges.
Animated GIFs
If you convert an animated GIF here, you get a still image made from its first frame. That is useful for a thumbnail or a preview, but it is not a way to extract every frame. To keep the motion, leave the original alone. Because the conversion is approximate in this sense, the page says so before you start rather than after.
Color and transparency
A GIF can only use a limited palette, so the PNG will show those same limited colors; converting cannot add shades that were never there. Transparent pixels remain transparent in the PNG, which makes it a good choice for logos and stickers. Edges that look jagged in the GIF will look the same in the PNG, because the original already has hard edges.
Picking the right frame
Because only the first frame is kept, check that frame matches what you want before converting. Some GIFs begin with a blank or partly drawn frame, which produces an empty-looking PNG. If that happens, open the GIF in a viewer, capture the frame you like with a screenshot, and convert that picture instead. For a static sticker or logo saved as a GIF, the first frame is usually the whole picture and the result will be exactly what you expect. Keep your original GIF if the animation matters.
Questions people ask
Will my animated GIF keep moving?
No. A PNG is a still picture, so only the first frame of the GIF is kept.
Does transparency survive?
Yes. Transparent pixels in the GIF stay transparent in the PNG.
Will the PNG have more colors than the GIF?
No. The PNG shows the same colors, because the GIF palette cannot be expanded after the fact.
Can I pick which frame of the GIF I get?
Not at the moment. ManyFormat keeps the first frame of an animated GIF and tells you so. If you need a different frame, save that frame from a GIF editor first.
Why does my PNG look exactly as grainy as the GIF?
GIF has only 256 colours, and the graininess is part of the picture itself. PNG preserves it faithfully, but cannot add the colours that were never there.
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Last reviewed: October 17, 2026