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Create a Telegram Sticker from Video

Pick up to 3 seconds of a video on a timeline and turn it into a WEBM VP9 Telegram video sticker under 256 KB. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.

Video

Drop a video here, or click to browse

Pick up to 3 seconds on the timeline · never leaves your device

Output

Select a section on the timeline and press the button; the sticker appears here.

Your GIFs never leave this tab

Create a Telegram Sticker from Video is JavaScript that your browser has already downloaded, and it does the whole job on your own machine. On a normal site, 200 photos straight off a camera means 1.6 GB uploaded, a wait in somebody's queue, and 240 MB downloaded again. Here it means 0 bytes up and 0 bytes down.

  • No upload
  • No file size limit
  • Works offline once loaded
  • Nothing stored or logged

How to use Create a Telegram Sticker from Video

  1. 1. Drop in a video. Add an MP4 or MOV clip. It opens in a player above a filmstrip timeline so you can find the right moment visually.
  2. 2. Drag the timeline handles. Select the section that should become the sticker. Telegram video stickers play at most 3 seconds, so the selection window is capped there: dragging one handle further slides the window instead of growing it.
  3. 3. Press Create sticker. The selected frames are decoded at up to 30 fps and encoded as WEBM with the VP9 codec, one side exactly 512 pixels, no audio, compressed under Telegram's 256 KB cap. Those are precisely the rules the @Stickers bot checks.
  4. 4. Upload it with @Stickers. In Telegram, open a chat with the official @Stickers bot, send /newvideopack (or /addsticker for an existing pack), send the downloaded .webm as a document and pick an emoji for it.

When to use Create a Telegram Sticker from Video

Create a Telegram Sticker from Video turns a section of any clip into a compliant VP9 video sticker in one step. Telegram's caps are strict (3 seconds, 30 fps, 256 KB, one side exactly 512 px) and the bot rejects files that miss any of them, so the tool enforces every cap before you download.

  • Publishing a clip moment as a sticker. A reaction from a video lands better as a looping sticker than a forwarded clip. Select the beat on the timeline and the encoder handles the format rules.
  • Getting past @Stickers rejections. Uploads bounce when the file is a few KB over or a fraction of a second too long. Everything this tool produces already fits, so the upload session is just send and pick an emoji.
  • Building a video sticker pack from footage. Cut several moments from the same footage one selection at a time, then bundle the results with the Create a Sticker Pack tool for upload instructions.

Examples

Video sticker from a clip

Input

dance.mp4 + selection 0:05.0 to 0:08.0

Output

dance-sticker.webm, 512 px VP9 video sticker under the 256 KB Telegram limit

About the Create a Telegram Sticker from Video tool

Create a Telegram Sticker from Video does its work locally, right in the browser. Pick up to 3 seconds of a video on a timeline and turn it into a WEBM VP9 Telegram video sticker under 256 KB. There is no upload step, no queue and no account, and your data never travels over the network.

It belongs to the GIF Tools collection on EditSafely, a set of 116 small, focused GIF utilities that share the same instant, private workspace.

There is nothing to configure. Provide the input and the result appears on its own. The finished file is put together in browser memory and saved with the Download button, so it never touches a server on the way to your disk. A worked example further down the page shows exactly what the tool produces for a real input.

Running locally also makes the tool fast and dependable: results appear as you type or drop a file, there is no server outage that can take it down mid-task, and confidential data can be processed without a second thought.

Frequently asked questions

Does Create a Telegram Sticker from Video cost anything?

Yes, it is completely free. All 2,676 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.

Are my files uploaded to a server?

No data leaves your device. The whole tool is JavaScript that runs inside your browser tab, so there is no upload, no server-side processing and no log of what you did. If you disconnect from the internet after the page loads, it keeps working.

Which files does Create a Telegram Sticker from Video accept?

It accepts MP4 videos and MOV videos. There is no file size cap imposed by a server; very large files are limited only by your device's memory.

Do I need to sign up or install anything?

Nothing to install and no account needed. Open the page in any up-to-date browser, including on a phone or tablet, and the tool is ready.

How do I save the output?

Click the Download button once the result is ready. The file is built in your browser's memory and handed straight to your downloads folder, without passing through a server.

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