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RIV to GIF

Turn a .riv into a GIF on your device, its frames drawn by Rive's own runtime: an animation for one pass, or a state machine for as long as you choose. Free, with no account or uploads.

It plays first, as it is. Export is set to a GIF. A state machine is drawn for as long as you choose, with its inputs as you set them.

Drop a .riv file to make a GIF

It plays as it is, drawn by Rive's own runtime on your device.

  • RIV

Stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

How it works and help

A little help along the way

Follow these steps. Every option is explained underneath. Everything happens in your browser; nothing you draw or bring in is sent anywhere.

  1. Say what you want to makeChoose a moving logo or icon, a loading animation or an animated icon to open a small animation that already moves, ready to change. Open a file takes an SVG, a picture or a project you saved before; you can also drop an SVG on the page.
  2. DrawDraw rectangles, ellipses, polygons, stars and triangles, paths with the pen, and strokes with the pencil and brush. Fill closed areas with the bucket, join or cut shapes with the Shape Builder, and write words in the site's fonts.
  3. Animate with keysA key says what a part is like at one moment: its position, turn, size, opacity or colours. Set a key at one time and another later, and every frame between them is worked out for you.
  4. Choose the easingEach key says how the movement goes on to the next: Steady, Jump, Smooth, Speed up, Slow down, Speed up, slow down, Overshoot or Spring, or a curve of your own in the graph editor.
  5. Play itPlay the timeline to watch it. It can loop, play once or play there and back, and a work area plays only the part you are working on.
  6. Export itSay where it will go: social media or a video makes an MP4, a chat or an email a GIF, a website or an app an animated WebP with a clear background, and a still picture a PNG or SVG of one frame. Each file is checked before it is offered.

Questions people ask

How is a .riv turned into a GIF?
Rive's own runtime draws each frame on your device, and the Animation converter's engine writes them as a GIF. An animation is drawn for one pass; a state machine for as long as you choose, with its inputs as you set them.
Will the GIF still react to the pointer?
No. A GIF is a row of pictures that plays the same way each time. To keep buttons and hovers working, use the .riv itself with a Rive runtime on the page.
Why does my GIF look rougher than the .riv?
A GIF keeps at most 256 colours in a frame, and each pixel is either fully clear or fully solid, so gradients and soft edges can band or look jagged. An animated WebP or an APNG keeps them.

This page is the Animation maker, opened for this one job; every other tool it has is one press away. Each of its settings is explained on the Animation maker's own page.

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