GIF Trimmer
Cut a GIF segment by start/end time, optionally changing fps and width
Drag & drop files here
or browse files
Cut segments from animated .gif files
About this tool
Only the last three seconds of a 20-second GIF are useful; a meme is too long and only one stretch is funny; a downloaded animation opens with watermarked frames you want gone. This tool asks for two time points: start and end. Plain seconds (1.5) and clock formats (0:03, 00:00:02.5) both work; a blank start means 0 and a blank end means the final frame.
Frame rate and width can be adjusted while cutting: if the excerpt is still too heavy, drop frames and shrink width in the same step instead of visiting the compressor. Output stays GIF, re-encoded per frame against an optimized palette to protect quality.
The cutting runs on FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly inside your browser: nothing is uploaded, so chat logs and meme material stay private.
Features
- Start/end trimming with seconds or mm:ss, blanks allowed on either side
- Live output-duration display - what you see is what you get
- Optional frame-rate and width changes in the same pass
- Per-frame palette re-encoding keeps quality intact
- Fully local processing with live progress
How to use
- Drop the GIF - total duration and frame count are read
- Enter start and end times (e.g. 0:02 to 0:05)
- Adjust frame rate and width if wanted
- Click Cut clip, preview and download
Frequently asked questions
- Does GIF timing work like video timing?
- Yes. Each GIF frame carries its own display duration, and the tool positions cut points on that timeline; the excerpt plays at the original speed. Cut points snap to frame boundaries, so the maximum drift is one frame display time - usually a few hundredths of a second.
- Can it make the GIF smaller at the same time?
- Yes - lower the frame rate or shrink the width while cutting; stacking both helps a lot. For extreme savings (color-count reduction, palette optimization) use the GIF Compressor, which exposes the full set of dials.
- Can I also reverse it or add captions?
- This tool focuses on trimming. Reverse playback and captioning are not offered yet; if your source is a video, pick the segment directly in Video to GIF and generate the final animation in one step.