1Upload the GIF animations that came out the wrong way round.
2Pick a turn of 90, 180 or 270 degrees.
3Apply the rotation; the pixels and the orientation flag are reconciled so every viewer agrees on which way is up.
4Download the rotated GIF file.
Rotate GIF FAQ
Does the format decide whether rotation is lossless?
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It does. GIF is capped at a 256-colour palette with single-bit (on/off) transparency and no partial alpha, which is why photographs band and dither in it. That property is exactly what determines whether a quarter turn is free or costs a re-encode.
Anything specific to GIF I should know?
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Yes — the palette is shared across the whole animation, so any change to one frame is negotiated against the colours every other frame needs. It is the kind of thing that explains why a file looks right in one application and wrong in another.
Can I rotate a whole batch in one go?
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Several files in one job need a paid plan. Free use is one file per conversion, one conversion an hour. On a paid plan you can add several files to one job, then download each result on its own or all of them in one ZIP.
Can I run Rotate GIF on several GIF animations at once?
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Yes, and it is worth doing — per-file overhead on an animation is dominated by decoding every frame, so a batch amortises far better than the equivalent set of single runs.
Is animation preserved, or do I get a still?
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Animation is preserved. Every frame is decoded, processed and re-assembled with the original delays and loop count intact. You only get a still if you explicitly ask for a single frame.
Does Rotate GIF cost anything?
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No. Rotate GIF is free without an account and adds no watermark. The upload and the result are deleted automatically about 24 hours after the job, which leaves time to download the result.
Is there a file size limit on Rotate GIF?
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Yes: free accounts process images up to 5 MB each, which is a real constraint for animation — a few seconds of full-frame GIF reaches that quickly. If an animation is over the limit, cutting the frame rate is almost always a better first move than cutting the dimensions — the eye forgives 12 fps far more readily than it forgives a smaller picture.
Why does a PNG site host Rotate GIF?
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PNG.to is built around the format you use when you cannot afford to lose a pixel: lossless, alpha-capable, and the correct answer for screenshots, logos, line art and anything with hard edges. Image work is rarely one step: people arrive to change a format and leave needing the picture a different size, a different weight or a different shape. Running Rotate GIF on the same upload pipeline, the same size caps and the same account is the whole reason it is here rather than on a fourth tab.
What should I do with the result once Rotate GIF is finished?
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The converter on this site moves images to and from PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF and SVG — which is the step where the decision about transparency actually gets made. That is the step most people actually came for, and doing it after Rotate GIF rather than before it means the conversion works from the file you finally settled on.
Is Rotate GIF here the same tool the sibling sites run?
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The engines are shared — the same libraries, the same workers, the same limits. What differs is the advice, and the advice here starts from one fact about the format this site is named after: there is no quality slider to get wrong — a PNG round-trips bit-exactly, so the only thing edits cost you is file size. A PNG site is opinionated about where PNG is the right destination and where it is not, and that judgement is worth more than the button.
Do I need an account, and does anything get kept?
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No account is needed. Uploads and results are kept for about 24 hours, which leaves time to download the result, and are then deleted automatically; nobody reads, lists or indexes them. Several files in one job need a paid plan.
