Video trimmer and GIF maker
Pick a video, choose where the part you want starts and ends, then save it as a shorter clip or as an animated GIF.
"Start here" and "End here" use the moment the video is paused on.
Everything happens on your device. Your video is not uploaded or saved anywhere.
Save the part you picked
Choose a video first. Then you can save a trimmed clip or a GIF here.
Trimmed clip
Animated GIF
Good to know
A clip keeps full colour and sound and is usually far smaller. A GIF has no sound and at most 256 colours per frame, but plays everywhere, even where videos do not.
The browser records the part while it plays, so a 20-second part takes about 20 seconds. Keep the tab open until it finishes.
Fewer frames per second, a smaller width and a shorter part all make the file smaller. GIFs here are limited to 15 seconds.
Need a still image in another format? Use the image format converter or the image shrinker.
Sources: W3C MediaStream Recording specification (MediaRecorder) and Media Capture from DOM Elements (canvas captureStream), which let the browser record the part as it plays: we ask for MP4 when the browser can make it and WebM otherwise; CompuServe, Graphics Interchange Format Version 89a (1990): each colour table holds at most 256 colours, and frame delays are counted in hundredths of a second. GIFs are encoded on your device with gifenc by Matt DesLauriers (MIT licence). The trimmed clip is a new recording, so its quality and format depend on your browser.