# GIF to Frames — Split a GIF into frames on Mac

Split an animated GIF into complete PNG frames, with each frame's timing. Part of OneMacTools, 151 private tools in one native Mac app (macOS 26 or later); category: Images. Runs on your Mac; nothing is uploaded.

GIFs often store only what changed from one frame to the next. GIF to Frames rebuilds every frame as a complete PNG, as it looks when the animation plays, and saves each frame's timing in a spreadsheet. Keep every frame, or every 2nd, 5th or 10th.

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## How to use it
1. **Drop your GIFs.** Add one animated GIF or several. Each gets its own folder of frames.
2. **Choose how many frames to keep.** Every frame, or every 2nd, 5th or 10th for long animations.
3. **Click Split.** Each frame is rebuilt as a complete picture, exactly as it looks when the GIF plays, and saved as a PNG.
4. **Open the folder.** Find a folder named after each GIF with “frames” added, in a dated folder in Downloads › OneMacTools. It holds the numbered PNGs and a Timing spreadsheet.

## Options
- **Keep:** Every frame, Every 2nd frame, Every 5th frame or Every 10th frame. Keeping fewer is handy for long GIFs when you only want a few stills or a contact sheet.

## Tips
- Frames keep their original numbers even when you skip some, so you can always tell where a still came from.
- Use the Timing spreadsheet when rebuilding an animation, so held frames and pauses play for the right length.
- To pick a single still, keep every frame and flick through the folder with Quick Look (press Space in Finder).
- Transparent GIFs give transparent PNGs, ready to place on any background.

## Questions
**How do I split a GIF into frames on a Mac?**
Drop the GIF onto GIF to Frames and click Split. You get a folder with every frame as a numbered PNG, plus a spreadsheet of timings.

**Why do some GIF frames look broken when extracted elsewhere?**
GIFs often store only the pixels that changed from one frame to the next. GIF to Frames rebuilds each frame as it looks when the animation plays, so every PNG is complete.

**How do I save one frame of a GIF as a picture?**
Split the GIF, open the frames folder and pick the PNG you want. Each one is a full, standalone image.

**What is in the Timing spreadsheet?**
One row per saved frame with how many seconds it shows. Handy when you want to edit frames and put the animation back together with the same rhythm.

**Do the frames keep transparency?**
Yes. Frames are saved as PNG, so transparent areas in the GIF stay transparent.