Convert GIF to JPG

How to use it#

1. Drop a GIF onto the preview area, or click it to choose one. One GIF is open at a time.
2. Move the frame slider or type a frame number, and set the quality if you want a smaller file or a sharper picture.
3. Download that frame as a JPG, or download all frames as JPGs in a ZIP.

Choose which frame becomes the JPG#

A JPG holds one picture, so an animated GIF has to give up all but one of its frames, and the first is often a blank or the start of a fade. Here you choose. The slider and the number box move together, and the line above them says when the frame appears, such as "Frame 37 of 120, at 1.48 s, for 40 ms".

Each frame is rebuilt the way the animation shows it. Most GIF frames store only the part that changed, with see-through pixels and an instruction for what to do with the patch afterwards, so this tool plays the animation up to your frame, applying each frame's position, transparency, and disposal as a browser does. The JPG is the picture that was on screen, not a fragment of it.

Transparent parts become white#

Many GIFs, especially logos and stickers, have a transparent background. A JPEG cannot store transparency, so those pixels are filled white before the picture is written, which is what a document or an upload form usually shows anyway. The preview shows the frame on white for the same reason.

If the transparency matters, convert to PNG with the GIF to PNG converter instead, which keeps it.

JPG suits some GIFs better than others#

A GIF made from a photo or a video clip has already been cut down to 256 colours, and JPEG compresses that kind of picture well. The JPG is often much smaller than the GIF.

A GIF of flat colours and sharp edges, such as a diagram, a chart, or pixel art, is the opposite case. JPEG blurs the edges slightly and can make the file bigger. For those, PNG is the better target.