how can I change a .jpg to .gif?

The key problem is jpeg is a lossy compression algorithm and the artifacts that it creates are not friendly to conversion to low color depths (or to lossless compression algorithms). The fact that paints color depth reduction sucks doesn't help either.

you need to get a decent image editor (sorry I can't really reccomend one, I use a very old version of paint shop pro myself), clean up the image, reduce to 256 color making sure you use an optimised palette (don't use the "websafe pallette, it made sense in the days of 256 color displays") and then save as a gif or better still a png.

If you have Adobe Photoshop you can save the original quality pictures as high quality .gif files and they should remain the same or similar quality.

Google this: convert jpeg to gif

Several choices, from downloading free programs to using an online convertor.

How easy was this?

its easy

opne ur image in flash

just go in file menu select import and select ur image that u want to convert adn then save it in ur folder

and then agagin go in file menu select publish setting and dere is option of file format from that select gif

and remove all othe option then click publish then ok

and then from file meu u can see the publish previw of ur gif image and u can also that ur image is in now gif format

try adobe photoshop..