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Blender Add-on
🎉 GIF Maker — Blender Add-on
Images & Video ➜ GIF UI GIF Capture Text & Transparency
Turn renders or existing media into looping GIFs—right inside Blender. Supports image sequences and videos, optional text overlays, RGBA transparency, compression tools, reverse loops, and a one-click UI GIF capture from the viewport timeline.
Latest Version
v1.1.5
Blender
3.6 – 5.0
Platforms
Windows • macOS • Linux
Make showcase-ready GIFs without external apps. Install modules (Pillow, ImageIO) from the Preferences panel, pick your source (renders, images, or video), tweak FPS, compression, looping, reverse, and optional captions—then export.
Supported formats — Images: .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp, .tiff, .tif, .webp  • Video: .avi, .mvk
Images & Video ➜ GIF
From render output, image folders, or video files. No external sites or editors.
Easy Setup
Install/Uninstall modules from Preferences. Auto checks for absolute paths.
Custom Output
Name, output folder, FPS sync, keep source files, loop or one-shot, reverse loop.
Text & Transparency
Add captions (font, size, colour, position). Full RGBA support for PNG sequences.
UI GIF
Capture your current Blender UI based on the timeline—great for tutorials.
Compression Tools
Optimize exported GIFs (dimensions, palette/alpha trade-offs) from Preferences.
🎥 The video below shows GIF Maker in use inside Blender
New in v1.1.5
Fix: file paths now use absolute paths reliably.
Changelog
1.1.5 — Fixed absolute vs relative file paths
1.1.4 — Added GIF compression panel (optimize dimensions, colour/alpha trade-offs)
1.1.3 — Fixed icons for Blender 4.3+; added absolute path checker on start
1.1.2 — Fixed transparent GIF palette errors (Pillow 10.4.0 & 11.0 supported)
1.1.1 — Temp fix for transparent GIF palette errors (superseded by 1.1.2)
1.1.0 — Prevent crash after render by deferring UI notice until processing completes
1.0.9 — Fix permissions for temp frames when converting movie ➜ GIF
1.0.8 — Fix modules install button not showing
1.0.7 — Make GIF from premade content (video or image folder), plus UI improvements
1.0.6 — Added Blender UI GIF maker from timeline
1.0.5 — Mac font fallback; fixed 4.2.1 module discovery; added WEBP support
1.1.4 — Added GIF compression panel (optimize dimensions, colour/alpha trade-offs)
1.1.3 — Fixed icons for Blender 4.3+; added absolute path checker on start
1.1.2 — Fixed transparent GIF palette errors (Pillow 10.4.0 & 11.0 supported)
1.1.1 — Temp fix for transparent GIF palette errors (superseded by 1.1.2)
1.1.0 — Prevent crash after render by deferring UI notice until processing completes
1.0.9 — Fix permissions for temp frames when converting movie ➜ GIF
1.0.8 — Fix modules install button not showing
1.0.7 — Make GIF from premade content (video or image folder), plus UI improvements
1.0.6 — Added Blender UI GIF maker from timeline
1.0.5 — Mac font fallback; fixed 4.2.1 module discovery; added WEBP support
Export gorgeous GIFs without leaving Blender.
Images, videos, UI captures, captions, compression—done.
