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Convert JPG to GIF

Some legacy systems, signatures and older sites only accept GIF. Expect visible colour banding on photographs because GIF is limited to 256 colours.

Input:
JPEG
Output:
GIF

About this conversion

JPEG
Lossy format designed for photographs. Small files, universal support, but no transparency.
GIF
Palette-based format limited to 256 colours per frame, with on/off transparency and animation support.

Limitations and things to know

  • GIF is limited to 256 colours, so gradients and photographs may show banding or dithering.
  • Converting to GIF prevents further quality loss but cannot restore detail already discarded by JPG compression.
  • Metadata such as EXIF camera data and colour profiles may be removed or converted for privacy and compatibility.

Size, page, duration and dimension limits are shown in the converter above and checked again by our server.

JPG to GIF: common questions

Will converting JPG to GIF reduce quality?

GIF is lossless, so the pixels are stored exactly, except that colours are reduced to a 256-colour palette.

Is my JPG file checked before conversion?

Yes. We inspect the file's contents, not just its name, and the server verifies it again before converting. Renamed files that are not really JPG are rejected.

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