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GIF to APNG — Convert an Animated GIF to Animated PNG
Convert an animated GIF to an animated PNG (APNG) right in your browser. APNG keeps full 24-bit color and real 8-bit transparency with no quality loss, so the animation looks cleaner and sharper than a 256-color GIF. No upload, no watermark — your file never leaves your device.
Upload a GIF to convert to APNG
Drop an animated GIF here, or click to browse. Everything runs locally on your device.
Paste (Ctrl/⌘+V) or drop an image — or import from a URL
GIF to APNG converts an animated GIF into an animated PNG (APNG) entirely in your browser. APNG is a modern, backward-compatible extension of the PNG format that stores a full animation in a single .png file. Unlike GIF — which is limited to a 256-color palette per frame and a single fully-transparent color — APNG supports full 24-bit color and smooth 8-bit (256-level) transparency, and the conversion is completely lossless. The result is a cleaner, sharper animation with no dithering banding and with soft, anti-aliased edges that GIF simply cannot represent. Because everything runs locally with WebAssembly-free JavaScript, your GIF is never uploaded to a server: there is no queue, no watermark, no sign-up, and no file-size paywall. It even works offline once the page has loaded.
How It Works
Choose a tool
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Upload & edit
Drag and drop your image and adjust the settings. It stays on your device.
Download
Save your result instantly — no watermark, no sign-up required.
Why Image Machine?
Your files never leave your device
All processing runs locally in your browser. Your images are never uploaded to a server.
Completely free
Every tool is free, with no limits, no watermarks, and no hidden costs.
Lightning fast
No upload waiting — your images are processed instantly on your own device.
Professional quality
Pixel-perfect output with full control over format, size, and quality.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why convert a GIF to APNG?
APNG keeps full 24-bit color and true 8-bit transparency, while a GIF is capped at 256 colors per frame with only on/off transparency. Converting to APNG removes the color banding and jagged transparent edges typical of GIFs, giving a noticeably cleaner animation — useful for logos, stickers, UI animations, and anything with gradients or soft edges.
Is the conversion lossless?
Yes. Each GIF frame is decoded to exact pixels and re-encoded into the APNG without any quality reduction or re-compression of the visible image — APNG, like PNG, is a lossless format. The animation timing (per-frame delays) and the loop setting from the original GIF are preserved.
Will the APNG be smaller than the GIF?
Not always. APNG stores full-color, lossless frames, so for photographic or highly-detailed animations the file can be larger than the equivalent 256-color GIF. The trade-off is higher visual quality. For simple graphics with flat colors and transparency, APNG is often comparable in size while looking better.
Do browsers and apps support APNG, and is it private?
All modern browsers — Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge — render APNG and play the animation; an .apng/.png that an app doesn't recognize as animated still shows the first frame. The conversion happens entirely on your device in the browser, so your file is never uploaded and nothing is stored on a server.