GIF Cropper
Crop animated GIFs on a live, playing preview — so moving subjects never get cut off. Ratio presets, circle crop, pixel-exact fields. Free, local, no upload.
Drop a GIF here, click to browse, or paste
One file at a time — cropping is visual work
100% client-side — the GIF plays locally while you crop.
Crop area
How to crop a GIF
Drop your GIF
It starts playing in the crop stage immediately — no upload bar, because nothing uploads.
Frame the crop
Drag and resize the box on the moving animation. Snap to 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3 or circle, or type exact pixels.
Crop & download
Rectangular crops are lossless; circle crops export with transparent corners. Your new GIF downloads instantly.
A real example
A pixel-exact square crop from a wide original — every frame cropped identically, timing untouched:
| Setting | Result | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 600×600 crop at (180, 36) | 967×673 → 600×600, animation intact | −11% (1.61 MB → 1.43 MB) |
Measured with this exact tool on Eadweard Muybridge’s 1878 Sallie Gardner at a Gallop animation — 967×673, 11 frames, 1.61 MB (Wikimedia Commons, public domain).
How it compares
| GIF Fleet | Ezgif | Kapwing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Processing | In your browser | Server upload | Server upload + account for export |
| Crop on playing animation | Yes | Static first frame | Timeline editor (heavy) |
| Circle crop | Yes, transparent corners | No | Paid feature |
| Watermark | Never | None | On free tier |
| Pixel-exact fields | Yes | Yes | Approximate drag |
Frequently asked questions
Does cropping keep the GIF animated?
Yes — every frame is cropped identically and timing is untouched.
Can I crop a GIF into a circle?
Yes — the circle preset crops to a square and makes the corners transparent. GIF transparency is 1-bit, so circular edges are hard; they look best over solid backgrounds.
Is my GIF uploaded to a server?
No. The crop runs locally in your browser — it even works offline once the page is loaded.
Why crop on the playing animation?
Because subjects move. A crop that looks perfect on frame one can decapitate your subject on frame forty. Watching the loop while you frame it prevents surprises.
Can I use exact pixel coordinates?
Yes — X, Y, width, height fields sync with the drag box both ways.
Does cropping reduce file size?
Roughly in proportion to the removed area. For more savings, run the result through the GIF compressor.
Will cropping lose quality?
Rectangular crops are lossless. Circle crops re-encode to add transparency, which can slightly re-quantize colors.
Best crop ratios for social?
Instagram feed 1:1 or 4:5 · Stories/Reels/TikTok 9:16 · YouTube 16:9. The presets snap to these instantly. Then resize to the platform's pixel spec if needed.