| File Extension | GIF |
|---|---|
| Category | Image File |
| Technical Details | The GIF format is formally specified in the GIF89a Specification released in 1989 and maintained by the World Wide Web consortium. The format uses the Lempel-Ziv-Welch data compression algorithm to create a single lossless file of multiple images known as frames. The GIF file format has a structure of blocks composed of control, graphics rendering, and special purpose blocks. The blocks begin with the header block, followed by the logical screen descriptor block, the graphic control block with the actual image and or text, and finally the gif trailer marking the end of the file. |
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FreeFileConvert supports converting GIF files into 87 different formats. Select your desired conversion from the table below to get started. All conversions are performed online and require no software installation.
| Convert from GIF | Conversion | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | GIF BMP Recommended Stable Bitmap Image File | |
| 1 | GIF CCX Experimental Click & Create Extension | — |
| 2 | GIF CDR Experimental CorelDRAW Image File | — |
| 3 | GIF CGM Computer Graphics Metafile | |
| 4 | GIF CMX Experimental Corel Metafile Exchange Image File | — |
| 5 | GIF CUR Recommended Windows Cursor | |
| 6 | GIF EMF Recommended Stable Enhanced Windows Metafile | — |
| 7 | GIF EPDF Encapsulated Portable Document Format | — |
| 8 | GIF EPI Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format | — |
| 9 | GIF EPS Recommended Stable Encapsulated PostScript File | |
| 10 | GIF EXR High Dynamic-range (HDR) | — |
| 11 | GIF FAX Fax Document | — |
| 12 | GIF FIG Xfig Drawing | |
| 13 | GIF FODG OpenDocument Drawing | — |
| 14 | GIF FTS Full Text Search | — |
| 15 | GIF G3 Recommended Group 3 FAX | — |
| 16 | GIF HDR Recommended Stable High Dynamic Range Image File | |
| 17 | GIF HEIC Deprecated High Efficiency Image Container | — |
| 18 | GIF HEIF Deprecated High Efficiency Image File | — |
| 19 | GIF HRZ Compressed Poser Hair File | — |
| 20 | GIF HTML Recommended Stable Hypertext Markup Language File | |
| 21 | GIF ICO Recommended Stable Icon File | — |
| 22 | GIF IPL IPL Image Sequence | — |
| 23 | GIF JP2 Recommended JPEG 2000 Core Image File | — |
| 24 | GIF JPEG Recommended Stable JPEG Image File | |
| 25 | GIF JPG Recommended JPG Image File | |
| 26 | GIF MAP Recommended Weather Defender Map | |
| 27 | GIF MET Experimental OS/2 Metafile | — |
| 28 | GIF MNG Multiple Network Graphic | |
| 29 | GIF MP4 Recommended Stable MPEG-4 Video File | |
| 30 | GIF MTV MTV Raytracing image format | — |
| 31 | GIF ODD OpenDocument Drawing | — |
| 32 | GIF OTB Nokia Over The Air Bitmap | — |
| 33 | GIF OTG OpenDocument Graphic Template | — |
| 34 | GIF PAL Dr. Halo Color Palette | — |
| 35 | GIF PALM Palm pixmap | — |
| 36 | GIF PAM Common 2-dimensional bitmap format | — |
| 37 | GIF PBM Portable Bitmap Image | — |
| 38 | GIF PCD Kodak Photo CD Image File | — |
| 39 | GIF PCT Picture File | — |
| 40 | GIF PCX Recommended Paintbrush Bitmap Image File | — |
| 41 | GIF PDB Recommended Program Database | |
| 42 | GIF PDF Recommended Portable Document Format File | |
| 43 | GIF PFM Printer Font Metrics File | — |
| 44 | GIF PGM Recommended Stable Portable Gray Map Image | — |
| 45 | GIF PICON Personal Icon | — |
| 46 | GIF PICT Picture File | — |
| 47 | GIF PLT AutoCAD Plotter Document | — |
| 48 | GIF PNG Recommended Portable Network Graphic | |
| 49 | GIF PNM Portable anymap | — |
| 50 | GIF PPM Recommended Stable Portable Pixmap Image File | — |
| 51 | GIF PS Recommended Stable PostScript File | — |
| 52 | GIF PSD Recommended Stable Photoshop Document | — |
| 53 | GIF RAS Remedy Archive System File | — |
| 54 | GIF RGB Recommended Stable Raw red, green, and blue samples | |
| 55 | GIF RGBA Raw red, green, blue, and alpha samples | — |
| 56 | GIF RGBO Raw red, green, blue, and opacity samples | — |
| 57 | GIF SGI Silicon Graphics Image File | — |
| 58 | GIF SK Sketch/Skencil format | — |
| 59 | GIF SK1 Deprecated sK1 vector graphics | — |
| 60 | GIF STD Experimental Apache OpenOffice Drawing Template | — |
| 61 | GIF SUN Sun Raster Graphic File | — |
| 62 | GIF SVG Recommended Stable Scalable Vector Graphics | |
| 63 | GIF SVGZ Recommended Stable Compressed Scalable Vector Graphics | — |
| 64 | GIF SVM Deprecated StarView Metafile | — |
| 65 | GIF SWF Recommended Stable Shockwave Flash Movie | |
| 66 | GIF SXD Experimental OpenOffice.org 1.0 Drawing | — |
| 67 | GIF SXW Experimental StarOffice Writer Text Document | — |
| 68 | GIF TGA Recommended Stable Targa Graphic | |
| 69 | GIF TIFF Recommended Tagged Image File Format | — |
| 70 | GIF UYVY 16bit/pixel interleaved YUV | — |
| 71 | GIF VIFF Visualization Image File Format | — |
| 72 | GIF VOR Experimental StarOffice Template | — |
| 73 | GIF WBMP Wireless Bitmap Image File | — |
| 74 | GIF WMF Recommended Stable Windows Metafile | |
| 75 | GIF XBM Recommended Stable X11 Bitmap Graphic | |
| 76 | GIF XHTML Extensible Hypertext Markup Language File | |
| 77 | GIF XPM Recommended Stable Micro Planner Manager File | — |
| 78 | GIF XV Deprecated Khoros Visualization image | — |
| 79 | GIF XWD X Windows Dump | — |
| 80 | GIF YUV YUV Encoded Image File | — |