JPG to PNG Converter

How to use the JPG to PNG Converter

1. Drop one or more JPG or JPEG pictures on the box, or click it to choose files.
2. The converted PNG appears on a row right away. There are no options because PNG is lossless: every pixel of the decoded JPG is kept.
3. Download a single PNG, or press “Download all (ZIP)” for a batch.

What converting JPG to PNG does, and what it cannot do

A JPG file has already lost some detail: the camera or app compressed it with a lossy method and discarded information that cannot be recovered. A PNG made from it stores the decoded picture exactly, with no further loss, but it does not bring the lost detail back. The picture will look the same as the JPG, only in a different container, and the file will be larger, often several times, because PNG has no efficient way to store photographic noise.

Converting does not add transparency either. The result is fully opaque; cutting out a background needs an editor with selection tools. If you need to fill or remove a background colour afterwards, you will have to do that in a graphics program.

When converting is worth it

• You are going to edit the picture several times. Saving a JPG again and again adds a little loss each time. Keeping a PNG during editing avoids that, and you can export a JPG at the end.
• The destination asks for PNG. Some design tools, game engines, app stores and templates accept only PNG for icons and screenshots.
• You are adding text, arrows or highlights. Overlays on a PNG keep sharp edges instead of the fuzz that JPG compression draws around them.
• You want a copy without metadata. The PNG produced here carries no EXIF data, so camera model and GPS location are gone. See why that matters.

When you should keep the JPG

For photographs that you only want to view, send or upload, JPG is usually the better choice: a 3 MB JPG can become a 15 MB PNG without looking any different. Email, web pages, forms and social networks all prefer small files, and many forms refuse PNG photos altogether. If your aim is a smaller file instead of a larger one, you are looking for the image compressor, and if the target is the modern, efficient format for websites, the JPG to WebP converter.

Colour, size and orientation

Pixel dimensions are not changed: a 4000 × 3000 JPG becomes a 4000 × 3000 PNG. Photos that were saved sideways with an orientation flag are turned upright, because the browser applies the flag before drawing. The conversion uses your browser’s decoder, so very large images, above roughly 100 megapixels, may be too big for it, and phones with little memory may struggle with a long list; convert in smaller batches if that happens.

Frequently asked questions