Save the first frame of a GIF as a JPG photo — for when you need one still out of an animation.

What you get from a GIF

A GIF can hold many frames, which is how it animates. JPG holds exactly one image. When you convert, your browser decodes the GIF and draws its first frame onto a canvas, and that frame is saved as a JPG. Everything after the first frame is dropped. That makes this conversion useful for pulling a thumbnail or a cover image out of an animation, or for turning a still GIF into a format that photo apps and upload forms handle more readily.

Colours and transparency

GIF is limited to 256 colours per frame, while JPG stores full colour, so no colours are lost going this direction. Transparency is a different story: GIF supports simple on-or-off transparency, JPG supports none, so transparent pixels become white. If the GIF is a sticker or logo meant to sit on top of other content, PNG is the better target — switch the output format to PNG.

When JPG is the wrong target

JPG compression is built for photographs. GIFs are often the opposite — flat colours, hard edges, pixel art, text. On those, JPG can add faint blotches around edges and may even produce a larger file than the original. Choose High quality to minimise this, or switch the output to PNG for graphics. For photo-like GIFs, Recommended is usually fine. Files are named after the original with _conv and a .jpg extension.

How to use it

  1. Drop in your GIF files. Several at once is fine.
  2. JPG is pre-selected as the output.
  3. Save the results.

Your files are never uploaded

Everything runs inside your browser. Because the image never reaches a server, we cannot store it or look at it. That difference matters when the file is company material or a personal photo.

Frequently asked questions

What happens to the animation?
Only the first frame survives. JPG cannot hold motion, so this conversion is animation in, one still out.
The frame I want isn't the first one.
Only the first frame is extracted for now. For a different moment, a screenshot of that frame is the quicker route.
Is the GIF's transparent background kept?
No. JPG has no transparency, so transparent pixels are filled with white. If you need transparency, switch the output format on this page to PNG instead.
Will the JPG be smaller than the GIF?
A single still is often much smaller than a whole animation. For a static, flat-colour GIF it can go the other way — the result list shows both sizes.
Is it free?
Yes. No account, no payment, no usage limit.
Are my files uploaded?
No. Everything happens inside your browser. A page that is already open keeps working even if you go offline.
How many images at once?
There is no count limit. Speed depends on your own device, because your computer does the work rather than a server.