Convert JPG images to GIF online for free. Upload one file or many, choose the quality and maximum size, then download the GIF results one by one or all together in a ZIP. No sign-up needed.
Some forums, older email templates and signature tools only accept GIF images. Converting a JPG to GIF makes the picture usable there.
Keep the JPG for photos: it shows millions of colours, while GIF is limited to 256 and makes larger files for photos.
JPG (also written JPEG) is the most widely used format for photographs. It uses lossy compression, which keeps files small by discarding fine detail the eye is unlikely to miss. It does not support transparency or animation, and virtually every device, browser and app can open it.
More JPG conversionsGIF dates from 1987 and is best known for short looping animations. Each frame is limited to 256 colours and transparency is on or off only, so photographs often look banded. It is still handy for simple graphics and animations that need to work everywhere.
More GIF conversions| Feature | JPG | GIF |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joint Photographic Experts Group | Graphics Interchange Format |
| Compression | Lossy | Lossless, 256 colours |
| Transparency | No | Yes |
| Animation | No | Yes |
| Introduced | 1992 | 1987 |
| Developed by | Joint Photographic Experts Group | CompuServe |
| Best for | Photographs and images shared anywhere | Short animations and simple graphics |
No. A single JPG becomes a still GIF. For an animation start from a video, for example with MP4 to GIF.
Only when a site accepts nothing else. For everything else JPG, PNG or WebP look better and are smaller.
Click Select File or drop your JPG file onto the upload box. Pick the quality and maximum size, and the converted GIF appears in the list below with a download button. You can add many files at once and download them together as a ZIP.
Yes. There is no sign-up and no watermark. To keep the service available for everyone there is a 95MB limit per file and a cap on how many files one connection can process in a short period.
Your upload is used only to make the converted file. Images are processed in memory; other files are written to a private temporary folder that is deleted as soon as the conversion finishes. Nothing is kept after the result has been sent back.
For images, a little, by design: the image is re-encoded at the Quality you choose (default 75%). Audio and video are re-encoded with high-quality settings; documents keep their text and layout as far as the target format allows. Converting never restores detail that is already missing from the original.