Convert AVIF to PNG
AVIF is great on the web and frustrating everywhere else — plenty of editors, viewers and upload forms still refuse it. Converting to PNG is the clean escape hatch: the decode is pixel-exact and PNG stores it losslessly, transparency included, so nothing is lost except the small file size.
Need the other direction? Convert PNG to AVIF
How it works
Add the .avif files your software refuses; your browser decodes them with no server in the loop.
Nothing is re-compressed on the way out — the PNG records the decoded image exactly, transparency included.
Download the now-universal files one at a time or zipped, and expect them several times larger than the AVIFs were.
AVIF vs PNG
One format is five years old and brilliant at compression; the other is twenty-five and opens in everything ever written. Converting concedes bytes to gain reach — the pixels arrive in PNG untouched, alpha and all, ready for software that has never heard of AVIF.
| AVIF | PNG | |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossy or lossless | Lossless |
| Transparency | Yes (full alpha) | Yes (full alpha) |
| Animation | Yes (rarely used) | No |
| Support | All current browsers (Safari since 16.4, 2023) | Universal — every browser, editor and OS |
| Best for | Hero images and photo-heavy pages | Logos, screenshots, graphics with transparency |
Frequently asked questions
No — that is the whole reason I built this. The conversion runs in your browser using WebAssembly, so your files never leave your device; there is no server in the loop at all. It also means the tool keeps working offline once the page has loaded, and there is no file size limit beyond your device’s memory.
AVIF is young — browsers adopted it fast, but desktop software lags. Photoshop needs a plugin, older Windows builds need a codec pack, and many upload forms simply reject the extension. PNG has been universal for 25 years, which is exactly why this tool exists.
The PNG stores exactly the pixels the AVIF decodes to — nothing further is lost, and transparency is preserved. Expect the file to get much bigger though: you are unpacking one of the most compressed formats into a lossless one.
Mostly right-click-saving images from modern websites — big platforms serve AVIF to browsers that accept it. Some Android camera apps and stock-photo services have started producing them too.
PNG when the pixels or the transparency matter — it reproduces the decode exactly, so a logo or cutout arrives intact. AVIF to JPG when the image is a photo and file size matters more than perfection. The deciding question: does anything need to stay transparent or razor-sharp? PNG. Otherwise JPG is 5–10× lighter.
Only bulk. Unpacking one of the most compressed formats into a lossless one can turn 150 KB into 2 MB, which is a poor trade if the file just goes back on the web. This conversion is for editing, printing and stubborn software — for re-publishing, keep the AVIF or step down to AVIF to WebP instead.
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