Animated Gif Format. An animated GIF Graphics Interchange Format file is a graphic image on a Web page that moves - for example a twirling icon or a banner with a hand that waves or letters that magically get larger. In particular an animated GIF is a file in the Graphics Interchange Format specified as GIF89a that contains within the single file a set of images that are presented in a specified order.
GIF is the oldest and simplest image format still commonly used on the web. Gif format supports animations and allows separate palette of up to 256 colors for each frame. It is currently developed by Google.
Conceptually GIF files have a fixed-sized graphical area filled by zero or more images.
You can customize the speed and background color and the direction of rotation. To make a GIF you can upload a sequence of GIF JPG PNG BMP TIFF HEIC AVIF and other types of images ZIP archive containing images and even mix different formats and sizes - they will be converted automatically. GIF files use bitmap images and allow up to 8 bitspixel. Gif format supports animations and allows separate palette of up to 256 colors for each frame.