GIF to JPG Converter

What you get from an animated GIF

The first frame is converted and the rest are ignored. We checked with a three-frame GIF (red, then green, then blue): the JPG was red. The tool does not offer a frame picker or a "download all frames" option, so to get a later frame you need another program. A static GIF converts the same way, and the width and height of the picture do not change.

Transparency becomes white

JPG cannot store transparency, so transparent pixels are filled with white. In our test, a GIF with a transparent background and a red disc came out as a red disc on white. You cannot choose another background colour here. If you need the transparency kept, convert to PNG with a different tool; this site's PNG to JPG flattens to white in the same way, but there is no GIF to PNG converter.

Will the file get smaller?

It depends on what is in the GIF. JPG is written at quality 85 and suits photographs. A GIF is limited to 256 colours and often holds flat graphics, which GIF stores very efficiently:

Generated locally; not a benchmark; not a guaranteed result. A photograph saved as a GIF is the case where converting helps. A tiny flat-colour graphic is already smaller as a GIF than it can ever be as a JPG, and JPG also adds faint blurring around sharp edges. Compare the sizes before you replace the original.

Colour and quality

The GIF's 256-colour palette is decoded to full colour, so a JPG does not get more colours back; it just stores the ones that were there. JPG is lossy, so the result is not an exact copy. Quality is fixed at 85 and there is no slider. To make the JPG smaller afterwards use the JPG Compressor, or resize it first.

Accepts GIF, animated or static. The result is always a JPG with the same dimensions. Other formats are rejected: use the matching converter for BMP, PNG, WebP, HEIC or TIFF. Limits: 20 MB, 12,000 px per side and 40 megapixels.

1. Choose a GIF file (up to 20 MB). It is identified by its contents, not its extension.
2. Click "Convert GIF to JPG".
3. Download the JPG and compare its size with the original before deleting anything.

• Getting a still preview image from an animated GIF
• Uploading a GIF to a site or form that only accepts JPG
• Shrinking a photographic GIF that is much larger than it needs to be

Only the first frame of an animated GIF is converted, and you cannot choose another. Transparent areas turn white. Quality is fixed at 85. A small GIF of flat colours or text can become larger as a JPG, and JPG can blur sharp edges slightly. One file is converted at a time.