Format & Conversion

JPG to GIF

Convert JPG images to GIF. JPEG is built for photographs, and it is the one raster format every piece of software opens; GIF for short looping animation, paid for with a 256-colour palette. GIF allows 256 colours per frame, so photographic gradients will band. It suits flat graphics and short loops, not photos. Runs on your own Vistalyth Tools instance. Files never reach a third party.

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Features

  • Quality control over the GIF encode, so you choose the size-versus-detail point
  • Batch conversion across a folder of JPG files
  • Metadata and colour profile carried over wherever GIF can hold them
  • Your JPG files are processed on your own server and never uploaded anywhere

What you can do

  • Move a JPG into GIF before editing, so repeated saves stop degrading it
  • Build a short loop or flat graphic that displays anywhere an image does
  • Satisfy an upload form or pipeline that takes GIF and rejects JPG

Self-hosted. Your files never leave your network.

Vistalyth Tools runs entirely on your own infrastructure. Files processed with JPG to GIF are never uploaded to third-party servers. Deploy a single Docker container and process files with full privacy, no watermarks, and no usage limits. Open source under AGPL-3.0.

Frequently asked questions

Will converting JPG to GIF lose quality?
Dithering hides some of the banding at the cost of a noisier, larger file. Flat graphics need none of it; photographs need more than it can give.
Which quality setting should I use?
Start at the default, then lower it until you can see the difference at the size the image is actually viewed. Most photographs hold up further down than people expect.
Can I go back to JPG afterwards?
You can convert back, but you will not recover the original. JPG discarded detail when it was first written, and GIF cannot invent it. Keep the source file if you might need it.

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