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Originally Posted by In Omnibus

.gif format does not support transparency so it cannot be converted to .png because it lacks an alpha channel. Every individual frame of a gif animation would have to be converted one at a time. When gifs often have one hundred or more frames it is not worth the time and effort to convert them. It should also be noted IE and Edge browsers do not support APNG file formats.

Microsoft can fall behind, anyone who isn't computer illiterate or forced to use their crap at an office would use something different.
If there's a program that can do it with a batch of files, (drag & drop a folder or selected gifs in there for instance) than it is worth the time & effort, especially if you can apply a lossless optimization to the new animated png.

Speaking of which, these will do the job.
http://gif2apng.sourceforge.net/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/apn...PNG_Optimizer/

APNG Optimizer 1.4
Optimizes APNG animations.

Usage
apngopt [options] anim.png [anim_opt.png]

Options
-z0 : zlib compression

-z1 : 7zip compression (default)

-z2 : Zopfli compression

-i## : number of iterations, default -i15

Changes in version 1.4:
Codebase updated (based on apngdis 2.8, apngasm 2.9)