Screen to GIF – Record Tab, Area or Element to GIF & MP4

Record a tab, a dragged area or one element to GIF, MP4 or WebM. Trim, crop and fit a file size. Free, runs on your computer.

Record your screen in Chrome and save it as a GIF, MP4 or WebM. Record the whole tab, drag over an area, or click one element, and only that part ends up in the file. Free, with no watermark and no account. Everything runs on your computer: the recording never leaves it. HOW IT WORKS Click the extension's button and choose Whole tab, Area or Element. Pick the area or element on the page. Recording starts when you let go. Stop from the button or with Alt+Shift+S. The editor opens. Trim, crop, choose the size and the format, and download. THE EDITOR • Trim the start and end, crop with a box you can move and resize • GIF, MP4 or WebM, at the width and frame rate you choose • GIF colours and loop or play once • Keep the file under a size: give a limit in MB and the file is built to fit it • GIFs made for screen recordings: only the pixels that change are stored, so recordings of apps and websites stay small GOOD FOR • Bug reports and pull requests • Product updates, docs and help articles • Showing an animation, a hover effect or a UI interaction • Short clips for chats and social posts WHAT IT RECORDS Screen to GIF records the browser tab you start it on, at up to 60 frames per second, without sound. It doesn't record other windows or the desktop. Chrome doesn't let extensions record its own pages (chrome://) or the Web Store. NEED IT SHARPER? For animations, banners and pages that are online, RecordHTML (recordhtml.com) records the page on its servers at a steady frame rate and at the exact size, with transparent backgrounds and more formats. The editor links to it when the page can be recorded there; clicking that link sends the page's address to RecordHTML.