Convert GIF to PNG
Turn a GIF into a PNG you can edit properly — no 256-colour ceiling, no dithering artefacts baked into the palette, and transparency preserved. Drop your files and download; everything happens in your browser.
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Multiple files allowed
Animated GIFs give you one frame
This is the honest limitation to know about up front: PNG holds a single still image, so an animated GIF converts to its first frame and the rest is dropped. There's no way around that short of writing out dozens of separate PNGs, and that's a different tool. If you're converting a still GIF — a logo, an icon, a diagram — you lose nothing.
What actually improves
GIF is limited to 256 colours per frame, which is why gradients in GIFs look banded or speckled. PNG has no such limit. Converting doesn't restore colours that the GIF already discarded, but it stops the damage there: every subsequent edit, resize or export works in full colour instead of squeezing back through a palette. It also means transparency is a real alpha channel with soft edges available, rather than GIF's single all-or-nothing transparent index that leaves jagged fringes.
FAQ
Will the file get bigger or smaller?
Usually a little bigger for photographic content, often smaller for flat graphics. GIF's LZW compression is weaker than PNG's DEFLATE, but GIF only stores 8 bits per pixel to begin with.
Does the banding in my GIF go away?
No. Colour information the GIF threw away when it was created is gone for good. PNG just stops any further loss.
Is the transparent background kept?
Yes — GIF transparency becomes PNG alpha. Edges may still look hard, because GIF only ever stored fully-transparent or fully-opaque pixels.
How do I keep the animation?
You can't, in PNG. Keep the GIF for animation and use the PNG for editing, or convert to WebP with a video tool if you need an animated modern format.