A JPG holds one still image, so an animated GIF is reduced to the frame your browser draws when the file is loaded, which is normally the first frame. If you need a particular frame or every frame as a separate image, you will need a dedicated GIF editor; this tool does not split animations.
What you get from an animated GIF
Colours and transparency
GIF images use a palette of at most 256 colours, and they can mark one of those colours as fully transparent. When converting:
- Transparent pixels become white, because JPG has no transparency. To keep them, convert with the JPG to PNG page, which accepts GIF files too.
- The limited palette stays visible. Banding or dithering patterns in the GIF are copied into the JPG; converting cannot add colours that were not there.
- For flat graphics and text, JPG can add faint noise around edges. PNG is often a better target for GIF graphics.
Settings and output
- Quality: JPG is written at quality 0.9 where the format uses a quality setting. There is no slider on converter pages; use the Image Compressor if you want to choose the quality yourself.
- Size limits: images longer than 4096 px on either side are scaled down to 4096 px. If a converted file would be over 10 MB, it is reduced in steps until it fits.
- Batches: add several files; three are converted at a time. One file downloads directly, two or more come as a ZIP.
- Metadata: EXIF data (camera, date, GPS) and colour profiles are not carried into the new file.
Where the processing happens
Your browser decodes the GIF and writes the JPG locally. Nothing is uploaded.
Questions about this tool
I only need one picture from my GIF. Does this work?
You get the frame the browser shows first, which is normally the first frame of the animation. To pick a different frame you would need a GIF editor.
Will the JPG look better than the GIF?
No. GIFs use at most 256 colours, and converting cannot add colours that were not there. Any banding or dotted patterns stay.
My GIF had a transparent background. What happens?
It becomes white. To keep it, convert with the JPG to PNG page, which accepts GIF files too.
Can I convert many files at once?
Yes. Add several files and press Convert Images once. Three are converted at the same time. Download All gives you one ZIP file, or you can download each file on its own.