GIF to JPG converter

What happens to quality

GIF stores every pixel exactly; JPG is lossy — it discards the detail the eye is least likely to miss, which is where the size saving comes from. On photographs the result is typically several times smaller and looks the same at around 80% quality. On screenshots, text and flat graphics the loss shows first, as haloes around sharp edges, so compare before you replace the original. A GIF holds at most 256 colours, and fakes the rest with dithering — a fine pattern of dots that lossy compression handles badly, so a dithered graphic can come out blotchy in JPG. The colours the GIF already dropped do not come back either; if you have the original the GIF was made from, convert that instead. JPG — labelled JPEG in the converter, the same format — is what every device, email client, print shop and upload form accepts, which is the main reason to choose it today.

What happens to transparency

JPG has no alpha channel, so it cannot store “nothing here”. Transparent areas of the GIF are filled with white before encoding — predictable, and what most uses want; the other common default, black, is what makes converted logos come back looking broken. If the transparency matters, convert to PNG or WebP instead.

Animated GIF files

An animated GIF is converted as a single still. The conversion goes through a canvas, which holds one picture, so the JPG you download is the first frame only. For a still image that is exactly what you want; for an animation, this is the wrong tool.

Your GIF never leaves this page

Most online GIF to JPG converters upload the file to a server and send the result back. This one decodes and re-encodes it with the image APIs built into your browser, so the JPG you download was produced on your own machine — you can check by opening the network tab, or by going offline and converting anyway.

Other conversions

• PNG to JPG
• WebP to JPG
• GIF to PNG
• GIF to WebP
• SVG to JPG

Or open the full image converter and pick any output format.