Online GIF Editor

• A GIF editor built on a video timeline

  Drop a GIF onto the timeline and it behaves like a video clip. Stack text, stickers, emoji and other media on tracks above it, scrub through it in the preview, and keep every change non-destructive until you export. No conversion step, no frame extraction, no waiting.

• Add text and captions

  Type over your GIF in any font, including custom fonts saved to your brand kit. Pick from 81 text animations (30 entrance, 25 exit, 26 loop) so captions land on the right beat, or keep it classic with static meme text. The add text to video page covers the text tools in detail.

• Trim to the good part

  Drag the clip edges to cut a GIF down to its punchline, or split it and delete the boring middle. Shorter GIFs load faster and hit harder in chats, and trimming is the single biggest file-size win you can make.

• Turn a GIF into an MP4

  Convert with GIF to MP4 and the same content usually shrinks to a fraction of the size, because H.264 compresses far better than the 1989-era GIF format. MP4 also means you can add sound and upload to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, none of which accept .gif files.

• Add music and sound effects

  The GIF format has no audio track, so EchoWave solves it the honest way: lay a music file, a free library track or a sound effect under your GIF, then export the result as an MP4 with the sound baked in.

• Make GIFs from video

  Pull any moment from a video and export it as a GIF with the video to GIF flow. You choose the frame rate (8, 12, 15 or 24 fps), the width up to 1080 pixels, and whether it loops, with a 60 second cap per GIF to keep files sane.

• Layer GIFs over video

  Because GIFs import as normal clips, you can drop a reaction GIF on a track above your footage, scale and position it with keyframes, and export the whole composition as one video. Useful for commentary edits, stream highlights and picture-in-picture gags.

• Export without cooking your laptop

  Rendering happens on EchoWave's cloud render farm, so an old machine exports just as fast as a new one. Free accounts export HD MP4 (up to 720p) with a small removable watermark badge; downloading actual .gif files is part of the Pro plan.

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   Upload your GIF or video

   Drag a GIF into the editor at echowave.io, or start from a video clip if you are making a GIF from scratch. It lands on the timeline as a regular clip, ready to edit immediately.

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   Trim and arrange

   Drag the clip edges to cut to the exact moment you want, or split the clip and remove a section from the middle. Set the canvas to the shape your destination needs before you start styling.

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   Add text, stickers and sound

   Caption it with animated text, drop an emoji or sticker on a track above, and add music underneath if you plan to export as a video. Everything previews live so you can time text to the action.

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   Export as GIF or MP4

   Pick GIF to keep it looping, with frame rate, width and loop settings, or MP4 for a much smaller file that carries sound. Free exports are HD MP4 with a small badge; GIF downloads come with the Pro plan.

• Meme captions

  Put bold text at the top and bottom of a reaction GIF and time it to the action with entrance animations. Export as GIF for Discord and Slack, or as MP4 for feeds that want video.

• Reaction GIFs for chat

  Trim a scene to the exact beat that sells the joke; a two second GIF lands harder than a ten second one. Slack, Teams and Discord all autoplay them inline, so short and sharp wins.

• Social posts from old GIFs

  Convert a GIF to MP4, set the canvas to 9:16, add a music bed and post it as a Reel or a TikTok. The MP4 version is a fraction of the size and actually plays with sound.

• Product demo GIFs

  Record your screen with the built-in recorder, trim to one tight interaction, and export a GIF for your docs, changelog or README. GIFs autoplay in most of those places without a click.

• Email marketing

  Email clients block video but most autoplay GIFs, so a short loop is the standard way to show motion in a campaign. Keep the width around 600 pixels and the length under a few seconds for a deliverable file size.

• Stream and commentary edits

  Layer a reaction GIF over gameplay or talking-head footage, keyframe its position and scale, and export the whole thing as one video. Since the GIF sits on its own track, you can time it precisely to the moment it reacts to.

Based on each tool's public pages as of July 2026. Free tiers, watermarks and export limits change often, so check current pricing before you commit.