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How to Compress a GIF by ZipKing


GIF picture is widely used in daily life animation and it usually takes a large file size for storage. And if you use it on your website, it will dramatically impact your website performance. So you need to reduce GIF file size so that it can speed up your site performance. The below guide will teach you how to compress a GIF with ZipKing.

Guide to Compress A GIF With ZipKing

Here are 2 ways to compress a GIF by ZipKing, no matter which way you choose, remember to download and install WMaster ZipKing on your computer.

Method 1: Guide to Compress A GIF With ZipKing

Step 1: Open ZipKing on your PC. You can access the “GIF” interface through 3 windows: Image Compress, PDF Compress, and Video Compress. Click one of them to enter into the “Hyper Compress” interface, and then navigate to the “GIF” option.

enter into “Hyper Compression” mode
hyper compress interface for GIF

Step 2: Click“Select files” or drag and drop GIF files to the panel.

click “Select file” button to upload GIF files

💡Tips: ZipKing supports compressing multiple GIF files, you can upload as many GIF files as you want by clicking “Add”.

click “Add” to upload multiple GIF files

Step 3: Finally, click“Compress” to start compressing GIF files.

click “Compress” to start compressing GIF files

💡Tips: You can have more settings like selecting compression options (High, Middle, Low, and Original), adjusting AR, and choosing storage paths.

customize GIF compression options

Method 2: Guide to Compress A GIF With ZipKing Right-Click Windows

There are 3 situations for the right-click compression operation.

Situation 1: Choose" GIF Compression"

Step 1:Navigate to the GIF files, right-click to select "GIF Compression".

choose gif compression

Step 2:Then you will you are going to reduce GIF file size with ZipKing. You can select the compression options, change the GIF AR(Aspect Ratio), and pick your storage path. Finally, click“Compress”.

resize GIF size in the “GIF Compression” mode

Situation 2: Choose"Quickly create a compressed package"

Step 1: Locate the GIF files, right-click to select"Quickly create a compressed package".

choose quickly create a compressed package

Step 2:Next you will enter into the smart compression mode for the GIF files, you will create a zip archive for these compressed GIF files.

locate the .zip archive after the compression

Situation 3: Choose"Compress"

If you right-click your GIF files, then choose"Compress", here are 2 options for your reference.

righ-click-to-choose-compress

Option 1: Go to right-click the GIF files, navigate to"Compress", select " Add to the compressed file... ". A pop-up window will show that you will create a compressed file, and you can change the destination path of your compressed GIF files. What's more, selecting the compression options is also available. There are 3 kinds of options: Minimized, fastest, and custom. If you want to secure and better illustrate your compressed GIF files, you can add a password and annotation.

choose add to compressed file
set your 3 compression mode

💡Tips: If you choose “Custom” for the compression, in the expanded area, you will have more choices about selecting file formats, splitting big files into separate smaller files, and creating self-extract archives.,etc

customize GIF compression options

Option 2: Select "Add to high compression file [file name].7z ". You will create a 7z archive for these compressed GIF files. ZipKing will compress GIF files and open the compressed GIF archive location automatically.

select add to high compression file 7z
create a 7z file successfully