Photo to GIF

First you upload a photo. JPG, PNG and WebP all work, and the site recommends one clear, well-lit subject that is not cut off at the edges.

Second you say how it should move. You type a short description of one motion, or tap a ready-made one such as Wave hello, Blink and smile, Laugh, Add a caption, Wagging tail, Breeze, Dance step or Doorbell camera. You can ask for an action and a caption in the same sentence, for example a thumbs up with the word "Nice!" at the bottom.

• •Single-Photo Animation - Starts from one still image rather than a video or a set of frames, and draws the motion itself, so a single portrait, pet photo or product shot can move.
• •Prompt-Driven Motion - Describe the movement in plain words or pick a preset motion.
• •Captions in the GIF - Ask for text on screen in the same prompt, which makes reaction stickers and GIFs with words, like "So good!" under a person eating.
• •Short Looping Output - Produces a square animated GIF, 512 by 512 pixels in the site's tests, with 8 frames at 120 milliseconds each, so one loop lasts about a second.
• •Use-Case Guides - Dedicated pages with examples, prompts and tips for Twitch emotes, pet photo animation, animating old photos and animated profile pictures.

Photo to GIF suits anyone who has a single photo and wants a small moving version of it. Streamers can turn a face or a mascot into a looping Twitch emote. Pet owners can make a dog wag its tail or a cat blink slowly.