How to make animated Discord stickers from a video

Updated October 21, 2026 · 4 min read

A Discord server sticker is a small animated picture that everyone on your server can send — no Nitro needed. Discord wants it exactly 320×320 and no bigger than 512 KB, so a sticker cut from a video usually takes a video editor, a GIF converter and a few rounds of compression. Our Discord page does all of that at once: it removes the background and fits the sticker into Discord's limits automatically.

How to make a Discord sticker from a video

1. Open vidsticker.com/discord and upload a video, a GIF or a photo — or paste a YouTube or TikTok link.
2. Choose up to 3 seconds on the frame strip. A short loop of 1–2 seconds looks best in chat.
3. On the Background tab, pick “People, animals and objects” or “Drawings and anime” — only the hero stays, on a transparent background. Add text or an outline on the Text and Style tabs if you like.
4. Press “Make sticker”, then “Download sticker · APNG”. The file is already 320×320 and under 512 KB.

How to add the sticker to your server

1. Open Discord on a computer or at discord.com in a browser — the mobile app can't upload stickers.
2. Click your server's name → Server Settings → Stickers → Upload Sticker.
3. Choose the downloaded file, give the sticker a name (2–30 characters) and a related emoji, then press Upload.
4. Send it from the sticker picker next to the message box: your new sticker is under the server's name.

To upload stickers you need the Create Expressions permission or to own the server. A server without Boosts has 5 sticker slots; Server Boosts raise it to 15, 30 and 60. Every member of the server can use its stickers; on other servers and in DMs they work for members with Nitro.

Even faster: the vidsticker bot in Discord

If you make stickers often, add the vidsticker bot to your server — then you don't need the site or a manual upload:

1. Add the bot with the button below. Discord asks for one permission, Create Expressions, so the bot can upload stickers.
2. In any channel, type /sticker and attach a video, a GIF or a photo — or paste a YouTube or TikTok link. Or open a message with a video → Apps → Make sticker.
3. Under the finished sticker, pick the background, shape, effect and outline, then press “➕ Add sticker to server” and give it a name.

Why the sticker doesn't move

If you attach the file to a message, Discord shows an APNG as a still picture. Upload it in Server Settings → Stickers instead — then it plays in the chat and in the sticker picker.

Tips for a good sticker

• Keep it short. 1–2 seconds loop nicely, and the shorter the clip, the more frames fit into 512 KB.
• Remove the background. A hero on a transparent background looks like a real sticker and weighs less than a full video frame.
• Add an outline. A white outline makes the hero stand out on Discord's dark theme. How to add one
• Calm motion compresses better. If the sticker came out choppy, pick a calmer moment or a smaller crop: we lower the frame rate only when the clip doesn't fit 512 KB otherwise.

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