how to

How to recolour a GIF: change the colour from a prompt across every frame

the short answer

To recolour a GIF with aigif, bring it into the Chrome extension and describe the colour you want (or tap a preset like recolor purple), and it re-renders the recolour consistently across every frame instead of making you mask each one by hand.

Recolouring a GIF is one of those edits that sounds simple and turns into a slog. In a manual tool you would have to select the region, change its colour, and then repeat that on every single frame, hoping the selection stays accurate as the image moves. Get it slightly wrong and the colour flickers or bleeds.

aigif turns the whole thing into a sentence. You describe the colour change you want, and it re-renders the recolour across the clip so it holds frame to frame. There is even a preset chip labelled recolor purple for the most common request, so a one-tap recolour is genuinely one tap.

1 promptrecolours the whole GIF instead of frame-by-frame masking
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Why prompt recolouring beats masking

Manual recolouring asks you to be the consistency engine: you track the region across frames, reapply the colour, and clean up the edges yourself. It is precise but slow, and a moving subject makes it harder with every frame.

aigif moves that work to the model. You name the colour, it edits a keyframe, and then propagates the recolour across the rest of the frames using optical flow from the real motion, so the new colour follows the subject instead of drifting. The recolor purple preset is just a shortcut to the most-asked-for version of this.

Beyond a flat colour swap

Because you are describing the change, recolouring is not limited to a single swap. You can ask for a whole new palette, a duotone, a black and white pass, a neon treatment, or just the one object in a brand colour while everything else stays put. Keep adjusting the prompt and regenerate until it reads the way you want.

If the recolour is in service of a brand look, it pairs naturally with the rest of aigif's editing: restyle the clip, add a mascot or product, or rewrite the text in the same pass. The point is that colour becomes something you describe rather than something you mask.

how it works

  1. 01

    bring your gif

    Paste, upload, drag-drop, or link the GIF you want to recolour in aigif.

  2. 02

    describe the colour

    Say the colour or palette you want, or tap a preset like recolor purple.

  3. 03

    regenerate to taste

    Adjust the prompt and re-render until the colour reads right across the clip.

  4. 04

    compare and export

    Check it with the before/after slider, then export and share.

frequently asked

Is there a one-tap recolour?
Yes. aigif ships a preset chip labelled recolor purple, so the most common recolour is a single tap. For other colours you describe what you want.
Does the colour stay consistent across frames?
Yes. aigif edits a keyframe and propagates the recolour using optical flow from the real motion, so the colour follows the subject rather than flickering.
Can I recolour just one object?
Describe it in the prompt, for example recolour the jacket red, and aigif re-renders that change while leaving the rest as it was.
What does a recolour cost?
It runs on pay-as-you-go credits with no subscription, with the default Fast engine at around 3 credits. New signups get a few free credits.

Last updated June 6, 2026

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