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Reduce GIF Colors
Reduce the number of colors in GIF images while maintaining visual quality and animation
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Quick start
Call this tool from your code in three languages.
cURL
# 1) Request a presigned URL → returns { uploadUrl, storageKey }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/api/upload/presign/gif-to-colors-reduced-gif' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"filename":"gifFile.ext","contentType":"application/octet-stream","size":12345}'
# 2) PUT the file bytes directly to the presigned uploadUrl
curl -X PUT '<presigned uploadUrl>' \
--data-binary @/path/to/file.ext
# 3) Call the tool, passing the returned storageKey for each file field
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/gif-to-colors-reduced-gif' \
-F 'gifFile=uploads/2026/01/01/your-tool-1700000000000-abc123.ext' \
-F 'colorReductionMethod=quantize' \
-F 'targetColors=128' \
-F 'ditheringMethod=floyd-steinberg' \
-F 'ditheringStrength=1' \
-F 'preserveTransparency=true' \
-F 'transparencyThreshold=128' \
-F 'adaptivePalette=true' \
-F 'multiFrameHandling=preserve-animation'