AI GIF tools

Most of LoopGIF runs in your browser for free. The two tools on this page do not, because they send your prompt (and, for Animate Photo, your photo) to an AI model that draws the animation. Each generation costs one credit, and re-exporting the result at another size or speed costs nothing.

Animate Photo takes a single still image, such as a pet, a landscape, a drawing or a product shot, and a short description of the motion you want. It returns a short video that finishes on your original frame, so it loops without a jump, and you can download it as a GIF or an MP4. Photos of real people are not supported. If your picture shows a person, the free tools are the better place to start.

The AI sticker generator makes an animated sticker from a description and exports it as a GIF with a transparent background, plus a still PNG of the best frame. That is the file you want for chat apps and for putting a character on top of other artwork. If you only need a GIF with exact text, the free text tools can draw it without a credit, and several tools that look free, such as Text to GIF, the meme maker and the logo maker, also have an AI tab for the same prompt-driven results.

A good rule: use AI when the picture does not exist yet and you want it invented, and use the free tools when you already have the picture, the video or the words. The free tools never upload your file. The AI tools do send your input to the model, and the page that runs them says so before you press the button. Pick a tool below to see examples made with it. Before you spend a credit, look at the examples on each tool page: they show the prompt or settings used, so you can judge whether the style is what you want. Because AI results vary from one generation to the next, treat the first result as a draft: if it is close, change a word in the description and try again, and use the free tools afterwards to trim, resize or compress the file you like best.