Convert GIF to CSV

Convert GIF to CSV to pull the data out of a table kept as a GIF picture and collect it into a file for import into a records system or a database.

What happens when you convert GIF to CSV

Recognised rows and columns are written into a delimited text file: values in quotes, one table row per line. CSV holds no borders, colours, or fonts; only the data remains.

The GIF palette is short, and small digits on such a picture often get grainy edges, so they read worse than on a PNG screenshot. When the picture holds text rather than a table, the lines still reach the file, while the words spread into neighbouring fields.

• Values from the picture build up rows in the file.
• Small digits on a GIF read worse than on a PNG.
• With no readable text there is no file: the conversion ends with an error.

How to convert GIF to CSV

1. Upload your file in GIF.
2. Select CSV as the result format.
3. Start the conversion.
4. Open the file and check the values against the picture before importing.

When the data sits in a GIF

• Load into a system a price list that hung on an old website as a picture for years.
• Move a reference table from documentation into a database.
• Collect values from an archived mailing for analysis.
• Import a table that was posted on a forum as a GIF.
• Recover data of which only a picture is left.

Other options for GIF files

• If the next step is counting in Excel, the GIF to Excel (XLSX) converter is handier.
• When only the text is needed, use the GIF to TXT converter.
• If the same table exists as a screenshot, the PNG to CSV converter is more accurate.

FAQ

What about an animated GIF?

The table is read from an image rather than a sequence of frames, so the outcome for an animation is unpredictable. Save the frame you need as a separate picture.

How is the file laid out?

By ordinary CSV rules: values in quotes, one table row per line. Excel, LibreOffice, and import tools read it.

Why were some digits read wrong?

GIF has a short palette, and the edges of small digits turn grainy. If the same table exists in PNG or PDF, use that.