GIF Upscaler
Enlarge small or low-resolution GIFs up to 2.5x with high-quality resampling, optional sharpening and denoise. Every frame and its timing is kept. For downsizing, use Resize GIF instead.
- 1.5x, 2x, 2.5x
- Sharpen + denoise
- All frames kept
Drop your GIF here
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How to upscale a GIF
Upload a GIF
Drop a GIF up to 25 MB with up to 500 frames. Small GIFs benefit the most.
Choose the scale
Pick 1.5x, 2x or 2.5x. The output size is shown before you start, up to 4000 pixels per side.
Pick a method
Lanczos for detail, bicubic for smooth footage, spline in between, nearest neighbor for pixel art.
Upscale and download
Processing takes 10-60 seconds for large GIFs. The result keeps every frame and its timing.
When upscaling helps
Many GIFs are shared tiny: 240 or 320 pixels wide, made for old chat clients or slow connections. On today's screens they look blurry or blocky.
Upscaling resamples every frame to a larger size so it fills its space cleanly. It's ideal for pixel art, interface demos and simple animations, and decent for small video clips.
Choosing a resampling method
- Lanczos keeps edges the sharpest. Best default for most GIFs.
- Bicubic is smoother, which hides compression noise in video clips.
- Spline sits between the two.
- Nearest neighbor keeps pixel art perfectly crisp.
Sharpen and denoise
Interpolation softens edges slightly. A small amount of sharpening restores the crisp look; too much creates halos, so start low.
Denoise smooths the speckle that GIF dithering produces, which otherwise gets magnified along with the image.
Get the best results
Fix colors before you enlarge with the GIF Enhancer, and crop away anything you don't need with Crop GIF. There's no point upscaling pixels you'll throw away. Afterwards, Compress GIF brings the file size back under control.
More on scaling filters in How to Resize a GIF Without Losing Quality.
GIF upscaler questions
Does upscaling add detail to a GIF?
Not real detail. Upscaling estimates the pixels between existing ones, so edges stay smooth instead of blocky. Sharpening then makes edges look crisper. It works best on GIFs that are small but clean.
Why is the maximum 2.5x?
Beyond about 2.5x, interpolation produces soft, smeary results while files grow very large: a 2.5x GIF has over six times the pixels. The limit keeps results useful and processing fast.
Which method is best for pixel art?
Nearest neighbor, ideally at 2x. It copies pixels exactly, so hard pixel edges stay hard. Other methods would blur them.
Will the upscaled GIF be much larger in file size?
Yes. 2x means four times the pixels, so expect the file to grow by roughly 3-4x. Choose the Medium quality preset or compress the result afterwards with Compress GIF.
How long does upscaling take?
Small GIFs finish in a few seconds. Long or large animations can take up to a minute because every frame is resampled. Please keep the page open while it works.
I got an error about too many frames.
The upscaler handles up to 500 frames. Speed the clip up by dropping frames with Compress GIF first, or split it with Split GIF. Still having trouble? Please contact us and we'll be happy to help!