Also, GIF files are much smaller while videos are usually much larger in terms of size. Firstly, video comes with its own sound while GIF animations do not. The GIF file might have some video features, but there are a number of areas where video and GIF differ.
GIF contains the dynamic picture video feature meaning that its video frames can be played without the need of plug-in, for instance watching movies through GIF files. In addition, GIF supports animations where each frame is accorded a 256 color palette. The colors are selected from the RGB 24-bit color space. GIF supports 8 bits for every pixel and below, ensuring that one image can reference about 256 different colors in a palette.
As a result of its portability and wide support, it is one of the most widely formats used on the internet. GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) refers to a bitmap image format created in 1987 by CompuServe.
