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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, install, and log in with your WMaster ID.

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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

Step 1: Find the GIF files that you want to compress, and right-click to locate “Compress”.

find the GIF files then right-click to navigate to “Compress”

Step 2: Then you will see the sub-windows, it will show 4 options, and you can choose one of them to unlock GIF compression.

4 compression options will appear in the sub-windows

Option 1: If you choose “Add to 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.

click “Add to compressed file…” option

💡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: If you choose“Add to [file name].zip”. You will create a zip archive for these compressed GIF files.

click “Add to [file name].zip” option locate the .zip archive after the compression

Option 3: If you choose“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.

click “Add to high compression file[file name].7z” option locate the.7z archive after the compression

Option 4: If you choose“GIF Compression”, 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