GIF to sticker
Turn a GIF into a sticker, one good frame at a time
Drop a GIF and the browser pulls frames out of it. Pick the one where the expression lands, and it becomes a 512×512 transparent WebP you can import into WhatsApp — no desktop app, no upload, no re-encoding artefacts.
Frames never leave your device
How it works
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Drop the GIF
Up to 24 frames are sampled across the whole loop, not just the opening second.
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Pick the frame
Choose the expression that reads at thumbnail size — mid-action frames usually win.
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Save the WebP
The frame is cut out, centred on 512×512 and compressed under 100 KB.
About animated stickers
WhatsApp animated stickers are not GIFs. They are WebP sequences: every frame is a 512×512 WebP, the whole animation stays under 500 KB, and it is capped at a few seconds. Turning a GIF into one means decoding every frame, re-encoding each as WebP, and muxing them back into a single animated file — the reverse of what a normal GIF export does.
This page deliberately does the honest half of that job: it decodes the GIF, lets you pick a frame that already looks like a sticker, and exports a proper static sticker. A frame you pick yourself almost always reads better in a chat than an animation does at thumbnail size, and it lands far under the size cap.
If you need the motion, export the chosen frame here first — the cut-out and the 512×512 fit are the parts that usually go wrong elsewhere.
Frequently asked questions
Can I export an animated sticker from a GIF here?
Not yet. This tool exports a single static frame at full sticker quality. Animated WhatsApp stickers need a WebP frame sequence under 500 KB, which is a different encoder — it is the next thing being built, and the frame picker is the step that comes first either way.
Is my GIF uploaded anywhere?
No. Frames are decoded with the browser’s built-in ImageDecoder API and processed on a canvas, so the file never leaves your device.
Why does it only show the first frame in some browsers?
Firefox does not support ImageDecoder for GIFs yet. In that case the tool falls back to the first frame, which is still exportable — Chrome, Edge and recent Safari get the full frame picker.
Can I use a short video instead of a GIF?
Not directly. Convert the clip to a GIF first, or screenshot the moment you want — a still frame is what ends up in the chat most of the time anyway.