Media

Convert GIF to Raw Pixel Buffer

Export GIF frames as raw pixel buffer data for analysis, rendering pipelines, and low-level image processing.

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/gif-to-raw' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/gifFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/gif-to-raw' \
  -F 'gifFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'multiFrameHandling=first-frame' \
  -F 'pixelFormat=rgb' \
  -F 'backgroundColor=white' \
  -F 'customBackgroundColor=#ffffff'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/gif-to-raw

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
gifFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
multiFrameHandling	select	No	—
pixelFormat	select	No	—
backgroundColor	select	No	—
customBackgroundColor	color	No

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-gif-to-raw": {
      "name": "gif-to-raw",
      "description": "Export GIF frames as raw pixel buffer data for analysis, rendering pipelines, and low-level image processing.",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=gif-to-raw",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "gif-to-raw",
    "arguments": {
  "gifFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "multiFrameHandling": "first-frame",
  "pixelFormat": "rgb",
  "backgroundColor": "white",
  "customBackgroundColor": "#ffffff"
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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