video-to-gif

Convert videos to transparent GIFs with background removal, crop controls, and animation effects.

https://replicate.com/pipeline-examples/video-to-gif

Features

• Remove video backgrounds automatically
• Convert to transparent GIF format
• Control timing with start/end timestamps
• Adjust output dimensions with max width/height settings
• Customize frame rate (FPS)
• Apply center cropping for square output
• Create boomerang effect (play forwards then backwards)

Models

Under the hood it uses these models:

• nateraw/video-background-remover: Removes backgrounds from videos, replacing them with a green screen that’s later made transparent

How it works

This pipeline processes videos in several steps:

1. First, it optionally preprocesses your video with FFmpeg to handle cropping, timing adjustments, and other basic video manipulations.

2. Then it sends the video through the background removal model, which returns a version with the background replaced by a green screen.

3. Finally, it converts the green screen video to a GIF, making the green background transparent and applying any additional effects like boomerang animation.

The result is a transparent GIF that can be overlaid on any background or used in presentations, websites, or social media.