Convert AVIF to PNG
Your files are processed on your device. We never upload them.
How to convert AVIF to PNG
- 01A ▸Choose your AVIF images, or drop them on the page.
- 02A ▸Select Convert to PNG.
- 03A ▸Download each PNG, or all of them as a zip.
About AVIF to PNG
Where AVIF files come from
AVIF is what many websites now send instead of JPG and WebP, because it is smaller still. Save a picture from a site and it often lands as .avif, which design tools, older editors, office apps, and many upload forms refuse. PNG is lossless, keeps transparency, and opens everywhere.
What changes
- Transparency is kept, including soft, partly see-through edges.
- Every pixel the AVIF shows is stored without further loss. Detail the AVIF compression already removed doesn't come back.
- AVIF can hold HDR and wide colour. The PNG is standard 8-bit colour (sRGB), so HDR pictures look flatter.
- An animated AVIF becomes a still PNG of its first frame. Metadata inside the AVIF is not copied.
Measured
Our 12-megapixel sample photo (4032 by 3024) and a 12-megapixel transparent sticker, both saved as AVIF, converted in Chrome on a laptop. Phone timings are still to be measured.
| Photo, AVIF file | 768 KB |
|---|---|
| Photo, PNG file | 13 MB |
| Sticker, AVIF to PNG | 25 KB to 347 KB |
| Time for the photo in Chrome (laptop) | 0.4 seconds |
In your browser
Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari 16 and later read AVIF themselves, and every browser writes PNG, so nothing extra is downloaded.
Limits
- PNGs of photos are many times the AVIF's size (17 times for our sample photo).
- HDR and 10-bit AVIFs are saved as 8-bit standard colour.
- Animated AVIF gives only the first frame.
- Very large images may be reduced to about 16 megapixels on iPhones. The result says so.
Other options
- AVIF to JPG: a much smaller file for photos without transparency.
- AVIF to GIF: for chat apps and old software that only take GIF.
- PNG to AVIF: the reverse, to make PNGs smaller for the web.
- Image to PDF on Open PDF Toolkit: put the images into a PDF.
Questions
Does AVIF to PNG keep transparency?
Yes. PNG supports transparency, so see-through backgrounds stay see-through, including soft edges.
Are my images uploaded?
No. Your files are processed on your device. We never upload them.
Why won't my computer open AVIF files?
AVIF is a newer format. Browsers show it, but older versions of Windows, many image editors, upload forms, and most office apps don't. PNG opens everywhere.
Why is the PNG so much bigger than the AVIF?
AVIF compresses with loss and is very efficient. PNG stores every pixel exactly, so the same picture takes far more space. Our 768 KB sample photo became a 13 MB PNG.
Is AVIF to PNG lossless?
The PNG is an exact copy of what the AVIF shows. Detail the AVIF already lost when it was made doesn't come back, but nothing more is lost.
Does it work with animated AVIF?
Only the first frame is converted, and the result says so.