JPG to GIF Crop Converter
Load a JPG, drag the crop handles to define exactly the area you need, preview the result, then download a GIF. Everything runs in your browser — your image never leaves your device.
Drop a JPG here
or Browse Files · JPG / JPEG supported
What This Tool Does
This tool loads a JPG image directly in your browser, presents an interactive crop overlay with draggable handles, and converts the selected area to a GIF file. No server upload is required. The full workflow — loading, cropping, encoding — runs entirely in client-side JavaScript using the HTML5 Canvas API. The output is a GIF using an 8-bit 256-color palette, the universally supported format expected by legacy web workflows, simple web graphics, icons, and any context where broad compatibility is the priority.
Who This Is For
- Web designers who need to deliver a specific cropped region of a JPG as a GIF for legacy site compatibility
- Developers preparing small web graphics and icons that must work in every browser and email client
- Content creators extracting a portion of a photo for use in GIF-only environments
- Anyone who needs to trim and convert a JPG to GIF without installing Photoshop or GIMP
JPG vs GIF: Format Comparison
| Property | JPG | GIF |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossy (DCT) | Lossless (LZW) |
| Color depth | 24-bit (16.7 million colors) | 8-bit (max 256 colors) |
| Transparency support | No | Yes (1-bit binary transparency) |
| Animation support | No | Yes (frame-based) |
| Best for | Photographs, gradients, complex scenes | Simple graphics, logos, icons, web banners |
| Browser support | Universal | Universal (since 1987) |
| File size for photos | Smaller | Larger (palette quantization) |
| File size for simple graphics | Larger | Smaller |