GIF

Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is an image file format first released by CompuServe in 1987. It remains popular due to it’s widespread support for animated images despite its obsolete efficency. Other animated image formats like Animated AVIF & Animated WebP have since surpassed GIF in functionality, as has the animated PNG variant APNG.

Performance Checklist

Lossless? Yes

Lossy? No

Supported Bit Depth: 256 colors

HDR/Wide Gamut? No

Animation? Yes

Transparency? Yes

Progressive Decode? No

Royalty Free? Yes