Animation becomes a still
Still image output. Animated files use only the first frame; animation is not preserved.
Convert GIF to QOI
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What happens when you convert GIF to QOI?
Lossless sample storage
QOI preserves 8-bit RGB/RGBA samples losslessly. Reducing 16-bit data or discarding profiles and metadata before encoding is outside that guarantee. QOI can store its supported image samples without lossy compression. This applies after rendering and sample conversion: it does not guarantee preservation of source precision, colour space or document structure, and cannot undo earlier losses.
GIF
Source
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
Compression: LosslessTransparency: YesMetadata: Comments, Application extensions
Indexed-colour images and simple frame animation. GIF uses LZW compression and palette-index transparency.
Explore GIF format →QOI
Target
QOI
Quite OK Image Format
Compression: LosslessTransparency: YesMetadata: Colour-space flag
A small lossless codec for 8-bit RGB and RGBA images, designed for simple, fast implementations.
Explore QOI format →Is GIF → QOI right for you?
Good choice when
- QOI fits your delivery use: Application assets & simple decoding.
- You want a still illustration from an animated source.
- You need a transparency-capable destination and will check its supported variant.
- You need lossless storage of the rendered samples supported by QOI.
Probably not when
- Motion, frame timing or loop behaviour must survive.
- You assume format-level alpha support guarantees matching transparent edges.
- You expect lossless encoding to restore lost details or editing structure.
- You require identical samples without a defined colour and precision policy.
GIF to QOI conversion details
- Animation becomes a still
- Still image output. Animated files use only the first frame; animation is not preserved.
- Transparency representation
- The implemented target supports alpha. Display-pixel processing can round translucent samples; archival sample equality is not promised.
- Lossless sample storage
- QOI preserves 8-bit RGB/RGBA samples losslessly. Reducing 16-bit data or discarding profiles and metadata before encoding is outside that guarantee. QOI can store its supported image samples without lossy compression. This applies after rendering and sample conversion: it does not guarantee preservation of source precision, colour space or document structure, and cannot undo earlier losses.
- Sample precision & colour
- Pixel conversion only. Original EXIF, GPS, XMP and ICC profiles are not copied; processing uses 8-bit display pixels.
- Metadata & colour
- Pixel conversion only. Original EXIF, GPS, XMP and ICC profiles are not copied; processing uses 8-bit display pixels.
- Compression
- GIF: Lossless → QOI: Lossless GIF: LZW compression is lossless for the stored palette indices. Colour reduction before encoding is not lossless for an arbitrary RGB source. QOI: QOI preserves 8-bit RGB/RGBA samples losslessly. Reducing 16-bit data or discarding profiles and metadata before encoding is outside that guarantee.
- Transparency
- Transparency is replaced with white by default. Change the background in Advanced options.
- Animation
- Still image output. Animated files use only the first frame; animation is not preserved.
- Colour depth
- GIF: Up to 256 colours/table → QOI: 8 bits/sample
- Dimensions
- Rendered image dimensions are retained within the converter limits; this tool does not offer resizing. Orientation handling depends on the source decoder.
- Metadata
- Pixel conversion only. Original EXIF, GPS, XMP and ICC profiles are not copied; processing uses 8-bit display pixels.
Common questions
Will the output keep animation?
Still image output. Animated files use only the first frame; animation is not preserved.
Does lossless output mean an unchanged source?
QOI preserves 8-bit RGB/RGBA samples losslessly. Reducing 16-bit data or discarding profiles and metadata before encoding is outside that guarantee. QOI can store its supported image samples without lossy compression. This applies after rendering and sample conversion: it does not guarantee preservation of source precision, colour space or document structure, and cannot undo earlier losses.
Are bit depth and colour values guaranteed to match?
Pixel conversion only. Original EXIF, GPS, XMP and ICC profiles are not copied; processing uses 8-bit display pixels.
Will metadata and colour profiles be retained?
Pixel conversion only. Original EXIF, GPS, XMP and ICC profiles are not copied; processing uses 8-bit display pixels.