Convert GIF to JPG
Converting a GIF to JPEG lifts the 256-colour restriction, which helps if the GIF is a photograph that was badly served by GIF's palette in the first place. Bear in mind it cannot restore colours that were already discarded.
Best for: Photographic still GIFs that need to be a normal photo format.
What to know
- Only the first frame is converted — animation is not supported.
- Transparency is flattened onto white.
- The banding already baked into the GIF by its 256-colour palette cannot be undone.
About GIF
A 1987 format kept alive by animation, capped at 256 colours per frame.
- 256 colours means visible banding and dithering on anything photographic.
- Its LZW compression is spectacularly inefficient by modern standards.
- Transparency is a single on/off bit, producing hard jagged edges.
- Animated GIFs are routinely ten times the size of the equivalent video or animated WebP.
- Support:
- Every browser ever shipped.
- Transparency:
- One bit — a pixel is either fully opaque or fully transparent.
About JPEG
The 1992 workhorse of digital photography, and still what almost every camera and phone writes by default.
- Universally supported by anything that can display an image at all.
- Extremely fast to decode, with hardware paths on most devices.
- Safe for print workflows and old software that rejects newer formats.
- Support:
- Every browser ever shipped.
- Transparency:
- None.
Frequently asked questions
- Will converting GIF to JPG improve the quality?
- No. The colour reduction happened when the GIF was created and that information is gone permanently. Converting only changes the container and lifts the restriction on future edits.
Related conversions
Converting from something else? Convert any image to JPEG