Can I turn a MOV into an animated WebP that loops forever?

Yes. Animated WebP is built for looping, and you control the loop count before exporting — set it to repeat endlessly or play a fixed number of times. Trim your MOV down to the exact moment first so the loop stays tight and the file stays small.

Does the animated WebP keep the audio from my MOV?

No — WebP is a silent image format, so any audio in your MOV is dropped and you get a clean visual loop. If you specifically need sound, convert your MOV to WebM instead, which keeps an optional audio track.

Will the WebP be smaller than my original MOV?

Almost always, and dramatically so. MOV files (especially iPhone and ProRes recordings) are heavy; an animated WebP of the same clip is far smaller, and smaller still than the equivalent GIF — while looking sharper. Lower the fps, trim the length, or ease the quality slider to shrink it further.

Does it work with iPhone and screen-recording MOV files?

Yes. The MOV files your iPhone records, QuickTime exports, and Mac screen recordings produce are all supported inputs. Upload one, crop to the area that matters (handy for trimming UI out of a screen capture), and convert to animated WebP.

Is it free, and do I need to install or sign up for anything?

It's completely free, runs online in any browser, and needs no account or software to install — anonymous by default. There's no watermark on your WebP, and your files are auto-deleted from the server within about an hour. An optional one-time Pro upgrade adds a permanent library, reusable presets, and batch conversion if you want them.

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MOV is the format your iPhone and Mac hand you by default — QuickTime recordings, screen captures, iMovie exports. The quality is great, but the files are heavy and MOV isn't something a browser wants to autoplay. Converting MOV to animated WebP turns that clip into a lightweight loop that plays inline anywhere, no video player required.

Animated WebP is the modern answer to the GIF. It carries the motion of your MOV at a fraction of the size, with millions of colors instead of 256 — so gradients, skin tones, and screen-recording UI stay clean instead of banded and dithered.

Drop in a MOV, trim to the few seconds that matter, dial in the fps and quality, and download an animated WebP in seconds. Everything runs server-side with FFmpeg — nothing to install, no signup, and never a watermark.

Made for Apple's MOV files

iPhone clips, QuickTime captures, and Mac screen recordings all arrive as MOV — usually large and H.264 or ProRes encoded. LightBox reads them directly and re-encodes to animated WebP, so you skip the export-from-iMovie dance and get a web-ready loop straight away.

A better GIF, automatically

Animated WebP is what GIF should have become: far smaller, sharper, and full-color. Your MOV's smooth motion survives the conversion instead of collapsing into a grainy 256-color GIF, and the file stays small enough to drop into a README, landing page, or docs without bloating the load time.

Tune it, then it disappears

Set quality, frame rate, loop count, and crop or resize before you export, or use the frame picker to grab a single still. Files are processed on the server and auto-deleted within about an hour (Pro keeps them permanently), with no watermark on the result — ever.

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