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AVIF to PNG Converter

Convert AVIF images to PNG, keeping transparency intact and preventing any further quality loss. This is the right target when you are about to edit the image or when something requires PNG — but be ready for a substantially larger file, because AVIF and PNG sit at opposite ends of the efficiency scale.

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Drag and drop your AVIF images here

Add several at once. Each file is processed and then deleted from our server.

Up to 20 MB per file Batch ready

Step by step

How to convert AVIF to PNG in 3 steps

  1. Add your AVIF files

    Drag them in or click to browse.

  2. Nothing to configure

    PNG is lossless, so there is no quality trade-off and transparency carries over automatically.

  3. Download

    Expect a much bigger file than you started with.

Format comparison

AVIF vs PNG

AVIF (AV1 Image File Format)

Lossy or lossless

The newest widely supported web format, built on the AV1 video codec and designed for the smallest files.

  • Usually the smallest file at a given visual quality
  • Supported by current Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari
  • Slow to encode, and unsupported by much older software

PNG (Portable Network Graphics)

Lossless

Stores every pixel exactly as it was saved, so nothing is lost however often the file is opened and saved.

  • Pixel-perfect: ideal for screenshots, logos and text
  • Supported everywhere, including every browser
  • Photographs make large files — often several times the JPG size

This conversion has the steepest size increase of any on this site, and it is worth understanding why before you are surprised by it.

AVIF is the most efficient image format in common use. Built on the AV1 video codec, it is roughly 20–30% smaller than WebP and about half the size of a JPG at comparable quality. It also carries transparency, animation, 12-bit colour and HDR.

PNG is among the least efficient for photographs. It is lossless, so it stores every pixel exactly, and its compression is designed for flat colour and sharp edges rather than the gradients and noise photographs are made of.

Put those together and a 200 KB AVIF can easily become a 3 MB PNG. Nothing has gone wrong; you have simply moved from the most space-efficient option to one of the least.

What you gain is worth having in the right circumstances:

  • No further loss. The compression AVIF already applied is permanent, but from here on the image will not degrade again however many times you edit and save.
  • Transparency, preserved exactly, including partial transparency such as soft shadows — unlike converting to JPG, which flattens it onto a solid colour.
  • Universal compatibility. PNG has been a standard since 1996 and opens essentially everywhere.

One thing it does not give you: converting to PNG does not restore quality. AVIF is lossy, so detail was discarded when the file was made. PNG preserves the image exactly as it now is, in a much larger file. It prevents future loss; it repairs nothing.

Quality

Quality and file size

There is no quality setting, because PNG is lossless — it reduces size by finding patterns rather than by discarding detail, so there is no trade-off to expose.

The only real decision is whether PNG is the right target at all. Three alternatives, by what you actually need:

  • You only wanted the image to open somewhere — JPG does that just as universally at a small fraction of the size. Unless you need transparency, this is usually the better choice.
  • You want lossless but smaller — WebP has a lossless mode and is typically 20–30% smaller than PNG, with transparency intact.
  • You must have PNG — convert here, then run the result through PNG compression if the size is a problem. That works well on graphics and poorly on photographs.

Animated AVIF becomes a single still frame, since a standard PNG holds one image. Converting to WebP or GIF here will not keep it either — no conversion on this site keeps AVIF animation — so an AVIF animation needs a tool built for frame sequences.

When PNG is the right target

  • The image has transparency you need to keep. This is the strongest reason, and the one thing JPG cannot do at all.
  • You are going to edit it repeatedly. Each save of a lossy file costs a little more quality. Converting to PNG first freezes the current state.
  • Something requires PNG explicitly — design tools, icon pipelines, game engines, many document systems and a good number of upload forms.
  • You are archiving a master copy and space is not the constraint.

When most people want JPG instead

If you are here because a downloaded image will not open, and it is a photograph with no transparency, JPG is almost certainly what you want. It opens in exactly the same places, and the file will be a fraction of the size.

A quick test: if the image would look wrong on a coloured background — a logo, an icon, a cut-out product shot — you need PNG. Otherwise you probably do not.

Going the other way

If you are producing images for a website rather than consuming them, converting PNG to AVIF is the interesting direction: same transparency, dramatically smaller files, and every current browser displays it.

Privacy

What happens to your file

This tool runs on our server, so it works the same on every phone and computer. Your file is uploaded, and this is exactly what happens to it:

  • Stored outside the public web root under a random name, never under your file's name.
  • Processed, with the original upload deleted immediately — whether it succeeded or failed.
  • The result sits behind a signed link that only you receive, which stops working after 20 minutes, and the file is deleted the moment you download it.
  • Anything never collected is deleted automatically within 30 minutes.
  • The image itself is never logged or kept. If a conversion fails, we record the formats involved and the error — not the file.
  • Camera metadata, including any GPS coordinates recording where a photo was taken, is removed from the result. Only the rotation needed to show the image the right way up is kept.

Questions & answers

AVIF to PNG: frequently asked questions

Why is the PNG so much larger than the AVIF?

Because AVIF is the most efficient common format and PNG is among the least efficient for photographs. A 200 KB AVIF becoming a 3 MB PNG is entirely normal — you have moved from the most space-efficient option to a lossless one whose compression suits flat colour rather than photographic detail.

Should I convert AVIF to PNG or to JPG?

JPG unless you need transparency or plan to edit repeatedly. It opens in all the same places for a fraction of the size. Choose PNG when the image would look wrong on a coloured background — a logo, icon or cut-out — or when a tool demands PNG specifically.

Does converting to PNG improve the quality?

No. AVIF is lossy, so detail was already discarded and cannot be recovered. PNG preserves the image exactly as it currently is, which prevents any further loss when you edit and re-save, but repairs nothing.

Is transparency preserved?

Yes, exactly — including partial transparency such as soft shadows and anti-aliased edges. Both formats support a full alpha channel, so nothing is lost.

What happens to an animated AVIF?

You get a single still frame, because a standard PNG holds one image. WebP and GIF will not help either — no conversion on this site keeps AVIF animation — so keeping the animation needs a tool built for frame sequences.

Is my file uploaded?

Yes. The conversion runs on our server so that it works the same on every device. Your upload is deleted the moment the PNG is made, the PNG is deleted as soon as you download it, and no one looks at your images.

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