The Best Way to Convert SWF to GIF-Bigasoft Total Video Converter

May 15th 2015 by Harvey Taylor

Tags: Convert SWF to GIF

Overview:

This This article will make some introduction about SWF and GIF then show you the best way to convert SWF to GIF with Bigasoft Total Video Converter.

If you have files in SWF format and you want to convert them to a format that is well supported, you can choose GIF. Or if you made a banner or a short video and you want it played well on the internet, GIF is a good choice, or if you want to make a stylistic and funny logo from the videos you like as your signature or portrait, GIF is a good choice.

GIFs are suitable for sharp-edged line art (such as logos) with a limited number of colors. This takes advantage of the format's lossless compression, which favors flat areas of uniform color with well defined edges.

Now let's see some introduction about SWF and GIF and then learn how to convert SWF to GIF. Once you read this article, you will be able to do:

Convert a whole or a part of a flash animation in SWF format and to record it into animated GIF files.
Convert SWF files into many kinds of graphic format as BMP, TIFF, JPEG, PNG or GIF formats.
Modify and enhance the extracted file's quality. They can modify the main parameters such as resolution, frequency, size and transition effects.
Convert SWF to MP4, AVI, WMV, ASF, VOB, MOV, FLV, SWF, MKV, RM, WTV, MXF, MVI, F4V, Apple ProRes and any other formats that are available at present.
Edit the output file, such like trim the part of the video that you do not want and crop the black margin, merge chapters, select audio track and add subtitle that you like, add watermark to the video and set the video bitrate and frame rate to customize output effect.

What is SWF?

SWF, an Adobe Flash file format and stands for Small Web Format, enables users to watch graphics or videos from a storage drive or online. Currently, SWF is the dominant format for displaying "animated" vector graphics on the Web. It may also be used for programs, commonly browser games. Also, it is commonly used when embedding video in websites, either as large animations or small effects buttons.

When talking about SWF, there are two kinds of it: vector based animation and raster based video, and here we are talking about the latter, cause most of Vector based animation is not video and it needs user interaction, so it's hard to convert them to other video formats.

What is GIF?

The Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability.

The format supports up to 8 bits per pixel for each image, allowing a single image to reference its own palette of up to 256 different colors chosen from the 24-bit RGB color space. It also supports animations and allows a separate palette of up to 256 colors for each frame.

Why do we choose Bigasoft Total Video Converter?

Three reasons:

First, it is the most powerful SWF to GIF converters. Its powerful encoding and decoding ability will guarantee a fast, successful, and high quality conversion not only between SWF and GIF, but also between almost any formats available at present.

Second, it is an all-around software. Not only a video converter, it is also a video editor, a video to audio converter and a YouTube downloader.

Third, it is easy to use. It only takes three steps to convert a video or audio to another format. All you need is three steps to convert hundreds of files by just one click.

Bigasoft Total Video Converter is the best way convert SWF to GIF or to AVI, FLV, M4A, MP4, MKV, RM, MOV, FLV, WTV, MXF, MVI, F4V, Apple ProRes MOV, 1080i HD, AVCHD or any formats.

How to Convert SWF to GIF?

Let's make preparation work by downloading Bigasoft Total Video Converter for Mac and then launching it.

Three steps to convert SWF to GIF.

Step 1 Put in the SWF file that you want to convert into GIF.

Method 1: Drag the file and drop it into the right field of the software

Method 2: Click Add File and choose the file that you want to convert.

Tip: To do batch converting, you can add several files at the same time.

Step 2 Choose the format from the right side of Profile, in this case, choose GIF.

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Step 3 Convert.

Tip: If you do not set the destination, the converted file will be automatically stored in the folder named Bigasoft Total Video Converter. If you want to put it somewhere else, you can click Browse button and set the access manually.

See? Can't be any easier!

Conclusion:

Bigasoft Total Video Converter is the most easy way to convert SWF to GIF, or to MP4, AVI, WMV, ASF, VOB, MOV, FLV, SWF, MKV, RM, WTV, MXF, MVI, F4V, Apple ProRes and any other formats that are available at present, it is easy to use, it can do batch converting by just one click, it can offer high-quality output files.