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Speed

Below 1× slows the GIF down, above 1× speeds it up.

Speed Up GIF

Speed up GIF animations or slow them down. Pick a speed from 0.25× to 4× and see the new length before you save.

Examples

Original: Congratulations GIF sped up 2×, the 1.8 s loop now plays in 0.9 sBefore
Speed Up GIF result: Congratulations GIF sped up 2×, the 1.8 s loop now plays in 0.9 sAfter

How to speed up GIF files in three steps

Everything happens on your device, so the file never leaves it.

  1. 1

    Add your GIF

    Click the file picker or drop the GIF on the big preview area. The tool reads it in your browser and shows the GIF as it plays now.

  2. 2

    Pick a speed to speed up the GIF or slow it down

    Choose from 0.25×, 0.5×, 0.75×, 1.25×, 1.5×, 2×, 3× or 4×. The new length appears right away, so you see what the GIF will be before you save anything.

  3. 3

    Download the result

    Check the preview, then download the GIF. Not what you wanted? Start over with the same file and another speed; the original is never overwritten.

Speed up GIF or slow it down: what each range does

The three ranges treat frames differently. Lengths are for a 10 second GIF.

Slow downSpeed up a littleSpeed up a lot
Speeds0.25×, 0.5×, 0.75×1.25×, 1.5×, 2×3×, 4×
New length40 s, 20 s, 13.3 s8 s, 6.7 s, 5 s3.3 s, 2.5 s
FramesAll kept, each stays on screen longerKept, unless delays would go under 20 msDropped where delays would go under 20 ms
PixelsUntouchedUntouched unless frames are droppedKept frames are re-encoded losslessly
Good forReading text, catching a quick motionTightening a loop that dragsCutting a long clip down to its beat

Before you speed up a GIF

  • Start from the original GIF to speed up, not a copy you already sped up: dropped frames cannot come back.
  • Pick the length you want first, then the speed: the tool shows the new length before you save.
  • Frames are dropped when speeding up the GIF would push their delays below 20 ms; play the preview to check the motion.
  • If a GIF looks slow even though its file says it is fast, its delays are probably under 20 ms, which browsers play as 100 ms.
  • For text you want people to read, slow it down instead of speeding the rest up around it.
  • Need a smaller or cropped GIF too? Change the speed here first, then use the GIF compressor or crop tool on the result.

What this tool to speed up GIF files does with your file

Nothing is uploaded

Your browser changes the speed on your device. The GIF is never sent to our server, so there is no copy to delete later.

Free, no watermark

No sign-up, no watermark and no limit on how many GIFs you speed up or slow down. There are no accounts and no paid plan.

Timing changes, pixels do not

The speed is written into the frame delays, and in tests changes up to 2× were instant. Frames are dropped only where the new delays would fall below 20 ms.

Speed only

This tool does not trim, reverse or add text. The GIF editor on this site combines speed with crop, resize and reverse in one run.

Frequently asked questions

No. The file is processed by your browser on your device and is never sent to our server.

Add the GIF, choose 1.25×, 1.5×, 2×, 3× or 4×, check the new length under the preview and download. To speed up a GIF that drags, 2× halves its length.

Choose 0.75×, 0.5× or 0.25×. Every frame stays longer, so 0.5× doubles the length and 0.25× makes it four times as long. No frames are removed, unlike when you speed up a GIF a lot.

Browsers play any frame delay under 20 ms as 100 ms, so a GIF that is too fast would play slower than you asked for. When a speed would push delays under 20 ms, the tool drops some frames and gives their time to the frame it keeps. In our test, 4× on a 150-frame GIF kept 100 frames.

Its frame delays may already be very short. Delays under 20 ms are played as 100 ms, so some GIFs run slow however they are edited. Run the original file through this tool: it drops frames when needed so the speed you picked holds.

No. You pick one of eight presets: 0.25×, 0.5×, 0.75×, 1.25×, 1.5×, 2×, 3× or 4×. The new length is shown before you save, so you can judge the result without math.

No. The speed applies to the whole GIF. You cannot select a section to trim or speed up on its own.

Not when only the frame delays change: the pixels stay untouched. Frames are dropped when the new delays would fall below 20 ms, so fast motion can look less smooth.

Not here. This tool takes animated GIFs only. To make a GIF from a video first, use the video to GIF page, then speed up the GIF here.

It is free, with no sign-up, no watermark and no limit on how many files you change. Your last speed stays selected when you pick the next GIF.

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