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title: Convert GIF to JPG, PNG, PDF and 5 more on a Mac — Arazio
source: https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/gif
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# GIF files

256 colours and animation. Kept alive by the animation; for a still image almost anything else is better.

## Convert GIF to

AVIF, BMP, HEIC, JPG, PDF, PNG, TIFF, WebP.

## Tools that work on GIF

Hold Option rather than Shift: Compress, Crop, Flip, Resize, Rotate, Strip Metadata.

## Where the file goes

Beside the original, same folder, same name, new extension. Nothing is overwritten and nothing is uploaded.

Extensions: .gif · Category: image