GIF Fade In & Out
Fade an animated GIF into or out of a chosen solid color without changing its running time.
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GIF · up to 20 MiB per file
Limits & supported formats
Input: 1 file · GIF · up to 20 MiB.
Images: up to 2,048 px per side and 400 animation frames.
Output: up to 2,048 px per side, 4,194,304 pixels per frame and 400 frames.
Detailed budgets: 40,000,000 decoded pixels, an estimated 192 MiB working allocation and 64 MiB per ZIP. These estimates help reject large jobs; they do not guarantee a browser process memory peak.
Add a file to get started.
Three steps. One moving picture.
01Choose an animated GIF
02Set fade durations and background color
03Check the beginning and end, then download
GIF Fade In & Out
Blend the existing GIF frames with a solid background at the beginning and end. This is a color fade, not a partial-transparency effect: transparent areas are flattened against your chosen color.
Choosing your settings
Set either duration to zero to disable that end. Their sum must not exceed the GIF duration. Existing frames supply the fade steps; sparse animations may look abrupt. First and last enabled endpoints reach the background color.
If the result needs another pass
Try a longer animation with more frames for a smoother effect. No extra frames are invented, and GIF palette quantization can cause banding. Choose a background that matches where the GIF will appear.
GIF timing note: missing, 0 ms and 10 ms frame delays are read as 100 ms. Other supported delays are retained unless the task changes timing or the frame sequence. Re-encoded animation may therefore differ from a viewer that handles unusually short delays differently.
Good to know
Is the output transparent?
No. The color fade produces an opaque GIF. Existing transparent pixels are filled with the selected background color.
Will this make the GIF longer?
No. It changes pixels in existing frames while keeping normalized frame delays and the source loop setting.