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Convert JPG to PNG
Short answer
Converts JPG images to PNG, for example when an app or upload form requires PNG or you want to edit a picture without losing quality every time you save. The conversion runs in your browser, and your images stay on your device.
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JPG to PNG
Your browser cannot safely hold more results in memory. Download the finished files, then click “Clear list” to convert more images.
Runs in your browser
Your browser processes the files itself.
No upload
Your files stay on your device.
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In 3 steps
How it works
Drag your JPG files into the box or pick them with “Choose files”. On a computer, you can drop a whole folder too.
If you want a photo's location to stay in the PNG, tick “Keep location data”. PNG is lossless, so there's no quality slider.
Download the PNGs one by one. Once two or more are done, you can also get them all in a ZIP.
Background
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When you need a PNG
Photos almost always come as JPG. You need a PNG when someone else sets the format. Some sticker and sign printers want PNG artwork, and so do certain slide builders and upload fields that accept nothing else. Graphics programs also prefer PNG when you work on an image in several steps.
The other reason is editing itself. A JPG loses a little sharpness every time you save it, because the format compresses again. You can crop, label and save a PNG as often as you like. The quality stays where the JPG was when you converted it.
Typical cases:
- You want to cut out a product photo. As a PNG, you open it in an image editor, remove the background and save the subject with a transparent edge.
- A screenshot only exists as a JPG, and you’re adding arrows and labels. The text doesn’t get blurrier each time you save a draft.
- The sticker print shop only takes PNG, and all you have of your logo is a JPG.
What the PNG doesn’t change
Converting doesn’t make anything transparent. JPG stores no transparency, so the PNG is fully opaque, even where the background looks white. Transparency only appears once you remove the background in an image editor.
The image doesn’t get sharper either. The JPG compression already removed fine detail and left small blocks along edges. The PNG takes over exactly those pixels. From now on, no new artifacts are added.
Expect bigger files
PNG stores every pixel without loss. A photo therefore takes up several times its JPG size. The gap is smaller for graphics and screenshots, and the tool also shrinks those after converting, without any loss. It skips large photos, because that would take a very long time.
For email attachments and forms with a size limit, stick with JPG. If you’ve finished editing a PNG and need it small again, use Convert PNG to JPG.
Photo data and rotation
The tool copies capture date, camera and lens from the JPG into the PNG. It leaves out the location unless you tick “Keep location data”. Portrait photos from your phone come out upright, because the tool applies the stored rotation to the pixels.
Formats and limits
Good to know
- This page always turns JPG into PNG. If you add PNG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF, GIF or BMP files as well, they come out as PNGs too.
- The PNG keeps the JPG's pixels without any new loss. Blocky artifacts and blur from the JPG compression remain visible, though.
- A JPG has no transparent areas, so the PNG is fully opaque as well. The tool does not remove backgrounds.
- For graphics and screenshots up to 6 megapixels (4 on iPhone and iPad), the tool shrinks the PNG once more after converting, without any loss. Camera photos are larger and keep the browser's PNG, because this step would take too long for them.
- The tool writes capture date, camera model and lens from the JPG into the PNG as EXIF. GPS coordinates go in only when “Keep location data” is ticked.
- Rotation stored in the EXIF data is applied to the pixels. Color profiles are converted to sRGB.
- Each image can have up to 50 megapixels, on iPhone and iPad too. Larger images are rejected with a notice. On iPhone and iPad, images above 16 megapixels are scaled down to 16 megapixels during conversion, keeping the aspect ratio. The results list then shows the new dimensions.
- All converted images together can be up to 512 MB, or up to 192 MB on iPhone and iPad. The same limit applies to the ZIP file.
Will my image get a transparent background as a PNG?
No. JPG can't store transparency, so the converted PNG has no see-through areas either. A white background stays white. To cut out the subject, remove the background in an image editor afterwards. The PNG can then store the transparency.
Why is the PNG so much bigger than my JPG?
JPG drops fine detail when it saves a file, which keeps it small. PNG records every pixel exactly. As a PNG, a photo therefore takes up several times as much space. In our tests the PNG was roughly three to eight times the size of the JPG. The more heavily the JPG was compressed, the bigger the difference. Graphics and screenshots up to 6 megapixels (4 on iPhone and iPad) get compressed harder after the conversion, without a single pixel changing. For large photos the tool skips that step.
Do JPG artifacts disappear in the PNG?
No. Blocky patches, color fringes along edges and smeared areas are already part of the JPG's pixels and carry over to the PNG. If you edit and save the PNG afterwards, no new ones are added.
Does the PNG keep the capture date and location?
The date and time the photo was taken are stored in the PNG, along with camera and lens. The place where it was taken stays only with “Keep location data” ticked. Some programs don't read this information from PNG files. If you download the images as a ZIP, they also carry the capture time as their file date.
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