Cuescribe

Video to GIF

Pick a few seconds of a video or screen recording and get a crisp looping GIF for an email, a doc, a README or a chat. Set the width and frame rate yourself, or choose a size limit and we shrink it until it fits. Made in this tab: no upload, no ads, no watermark.

How to use it

  1. Drop the videoScreen recordings work especially well.
  2. Pick the momentSet the start and end, a few seconds is best.
  3. Choose size or a limitWidth, frame rate and colours, or "must fit under 5 MB".
  4. Make the GIFPreview it, then download.

What you can download here

  • Looping GIFsized for email, docs, READMEs and chat
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Cuescribe for Chrome

A transcript side panel on every YouTube and TikTok video, a library of everything you transcribe, and one click to open any of it in these tools.

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Pro · early access

Pro keeps this free

Every tool stays free. Pro (early access, $9/month) adds batch delivery for client work and the extension's Pro features; longer files and multi-file projects are in development. Early subscribers keep their price and choose what gets built next.

What Pro includes

Next steps

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Questions

Why use a GIF instead of a video?

GIFs play inline almost everywhere video doesn't: most email clients, README files, many docs and help-desk tools. For social media, post the video instead.

How do I keep the GIF small?

Short (2–6 seconds), 480 px wide and 10–12 frames per second is the sweet spot. Or pick "Must fit under 5 MB" and the width and frame rate step down until it fits.

Why does my screen recording GIF stay small?

Pixels that don't change between frames are stored once, so screen recordings with a still background compress very well.

Is there a watermark or a length limit?

No watermark. Very long GIFs get big quickly, so we suggest keeping them under 15 seconds.