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JFIF to GIF converter

Convert JFIF to GIF in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.

I want GIF
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How to make the SVG

Tracing suits logos, icons and flat artwork and scales cleanly. Photos are better kept as pixels inside the SVG.

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50%
Dither Scatters black dots to suggest gray, instead of a hard cut-off.
Advanced 5
Keep the animation For animated GIF, WebP and APNG sources. Turn off to save just the first frame.
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For an exact width and height, use the Resize Image tool instead.

Bytes of your files sent anywhere: 0 B

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Read more about the JFIF format and the GIF format, or see every image tool and all image conversions.

Should you convert JFIF to GIF?

Worth it when an app or an editor needs GIF, or before you edit the picture several times. GIF won’t restore the detail JFIF already threw away, and the file will be larger, but nothing more is lost from here on.

GIF is also the more widely supported of the two: it opens everywhere, while JFIF is has patchy support.

JFIF is an ordinary JPEG photo that carries the .jfif extension; GIF is a 256-color image format best known for short looping animations. Use GIF for a few seconds of silent animation that has to play inline everywhere, including in email clients that block video.

JFIF and GIF compared
Property JFIF GIF
Compression Lossy Lossless
Transparency No On/off only
Animation No Yes
Support Has patchy support Opens everywhere
Best for Nothing in particular — it is a JPEG with a confusing name Short, silent loops and reaction images
Introduced 1992 1987

How to convert JFIF to GIF

  1. 01

    Add your JFIF

    Drop your JFIF image onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.

  2. 02

    Check the settings

    The output is already set to GIF. Change the quality if you want to; the defaults suit most files.

  3. 03

    Save the GIF

    Press convert and save the GIF. Several files come back together as a ZIP.

What changes when JFIF becomes GIF

GIF can’t add back what JFIF removed

The JFIF was compressed when it was saved, and that detail is gone. GIF records exactly what the JFIF contains now, compression marks included, and keeps it that way however often you edit and re-save.

Expect a larger file

GIF generally takes more room than JFIF. If the file has to fit an upload limit, check the size once it’s converted. JFIF: The same size as the equivalent JPG. GIF: A five-second animation can easily pass 10 MB.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of JFIF and GIF, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.

Why it doesn’t upload

Changing a picture’s format is work your browser already knows how to do. Sending your photos to a server first only adds waiting and risk, so nothing is sent.

How to check for yourself

Worth knowing

  • About the JFIF. People assume a .jfif file is a special format. It is a normal JPEG; the only real problem is forms that look at the extension and say no.
  • About the GIF. A few seconds of video as GIF is often ten times the size of the same clip as MP4, because GIF compresses each frame as a separate picture.
  • DDS, PSD, EXR, XWD and JPEG 2000 are read by the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Will converting JFIF to GIF lose quality?

No further quality is lost: GIF keeps exactly what is in the JFIF. It can’t undo compression the JFIF already has.

Will the GIF be smaller than the JFIF?

Expect a larger file. GIF generally takes more room than JFIF. If the file has to fit an upload limit, check the size once it’s converted. JFIF: The same size as the equivalent JPG. GIF: A five-second animation can easily pass 10 MB.

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