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Ezgif vs Gifsicle

Ezgif

ezgif.com

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FigureEzgifGifsicle
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYes—
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
Plans published11
Spec score · GIF Maker Software7.8 (#13)8.5 (#3)
Spec score · GIF makers7.4 (#41)8.3 (#16)
Image editingImageMagick performs most image editing tasks, including resizing, optimizing, cropping, splitting, and format conversion.Options include resizing, cropping, flipping, rotating, changing transparency, and reducing colors.
SupportThe maker invites questions, bug reports, and feature suggestions by email and says users can also post in the Ezgif Reddit community.The maker invites changes, bug reports, and complaints by email at [email protected].
What it doesEzgif is a free online toolset for creating and editing animated GIFs, with support for other image formats and basic video editing.Gifsicle is a command-line tool for creating, editing, and getting information about GIF images and animations.

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Gifsicle

Gifsicle is a free command-line tool for creating, editing, and inspecting GIF images and animations. It can combine GIF inputs into animations, set frame delays and looping, and extract, insert, replace, or delete frames. Image options include resizing, cropping, flipping, rotating, changing transparency, and reducing colors. Its animation optimizer offers three levels and stores changed portions of frames, though optimization can sometimes increase file size. Gifsicle can print detailed GIF information, including comments, and control interlacing, palettes, and transparency. Batch mode changes GIF files in place. The distribution also includes gifview, an animated-GIF viewer, and gifdiff, which compares GIFs for identical visual appearance. It is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows, with a source archive provided by the maker. Building it requires an ANSI C compiler. The manual notes that some Java and Internet Explorer versions may not display minimal optimized GIFs correctly; the careful option writes slightly larger files to avoid those compatibility problems.

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