Simple GIF Maker, a tool for converting video files into GIFs and animated WebP files, has been released for Linux and SteamOS on Steam.

The application takes common video formats (MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI and more) and turns them into GIF or WebP animations, with a search that works backwards from a maximum file size, measuring real encodes instead of estimating from a formula. Simple GIF Maker costs €4.15 (normally €5.19, offer ends 24 September).

It also ships with a preview that plays a real GIF encode using the same palette and dithering as the exported file, plus tools for trimming, cropping, resizing, rotating and changing the framerate. All processing runs locally - no network connections, no telemetry, no watermark.

Simple GIF & WebP Maker converts video files into GIFs and animated WebP files. It’s a desktop application for Windows and SteamOS.

The two things it does that a plain converter doesn’t: work backwards from a file size limit, and show you a preview that’s a real encode instead of an approximation.

SIZE TARGETS: Set a maximum file size and the app looks for the best-looking file that fits under it. It encodes and measures real files as it searches instead of estimating from a formula, and it tells you what it changed. Presets cover the usual upload limits, and a custom target takes anything from 0.1 MB to 5000 MB.

PREVIEW: The preview pane encodes a GIF at the current settings and plays it, with the same palette, dithering and loop behavior the exported file will have. A side-by-side view shows the source and the encoded result together.

INPUT: MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, WMV, M4V, MPG, MPEG and GIF. Output: GIF and animated WebP.

LOCAL PROCESSING: The application makes no network connections. There is no telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporting, no account and no online activation, and exported files carry no watermark.

Source: Steam