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Crop a GIF to square, 16:9, 4:5 or 9:16, or drag your own crop. Free, no watermark, nothing uploaded.

Open in the editorPreset: LinkedIn
Width
720px
Frame rate
12 fps
Target
≤ 4.6 MB
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How to · 3 steps

Step by step

  1. 1

    Open your GIF or video

    Drop in a GIF or the source video.

  2. 2

    Drag a crop

    Press C and drag a box, free or locked to 1:1, 16:9 or 4:3; for 4:5 or 9:16, pick that shape in Canvas.

  3. 3

    Export

    Pick where it’s going and Lazygif sets the width and fits the file.

Which shape for where

The shape decides how much space the GIF takes in a feed or a page.

  • 16:9: READMEs, docs, X and slides.
  • 1:1: chat, emoji and multi-image grids.
  • 4:5: LinkedIn and other mobile feeds.
  • 9:16: stories and full-screen mobile.

Crop first, then scale

If the important part is a 900 px panel in a 2880 px recording, shrinking the whole frame to 800 px leaves the panel at 250 px. Crop to the panel first and it stays full size, and the GIF gets smaller too.

Size limits

Where this GIF is going

Limits for the destinations on this page. See every platform.

GIF size limits for LinkedIn, Product Hunt, X (Twitter)
PlatformMax GIF sizeLazygif preset
LinkedIn
5 MB
720px · 12 fps · ≤ 4.6 MB
Product Hunt
3 MB
1270px · 12 fps · ≤ 2.76 MB
X (Twitter)
15 MB
800px · 15 fps · ≤ 13.8 MB

FAQ

Questions, answered

How do I crop an animated GIF without losing the animation?
Open it in Lazygif, set the crop and export as GIF. The crop applies to every frame.
How do I make a GIF square?
In the Canvas menu choose Square, then Fill to crop the edges or Fit to keep the whole frame on a background.
Does cropping reduce file size?
Usually, yes: fewer pixels per frame means fewer bytes.

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