Convert JPG to PNG

When you need a PNG instead of a JPG

JPG is great for sharing photos, but every time a JPG is saved it is compressed again, and a little more detail is lost. If you are going to edit an image several times, add text to it, or later cut out a background and make parts transparent, it helps to work from a PNG. PNG is lossless, so saving it again and again does not wear it down. Some design tools, print workflows and upload forms also simply ask for a PNG file.

How to use it

1. Drag your JPG files onto the page or click to choose them. Other images your browser can open are accepted too.
2. Leave the output on PNG, which is selected by default. WebP and JPG are offered as alternatives.
3. Optionally choose a maximum width to scale large images down while converting.
4. Download each file separately or get them all in one ZIP.

PNG has no quality slider because it is lossless: every pixel of the decoded JPG is stored exactly. Everything is done in your browser, so the images are not uploaded anywhere.

What converting to PNG does not do

It is worth being clear about this, because many people expect more from the conversion. A JPG already threw away some detail when it was first saved. Converting it to PNG preserves the image exactly as it is now, including any blockiness or color smudging around edges, but it cannot bring back what was lost. The PNG will not look sharper than the JPG.

The file will also usually get bigger, often several times bigger for photos. PNG compression works well on flat colors and sharp lines, but the fine grain of a photo gives it little to work with. As an example, a 2 MB phone photo can easily become a PNG of 8 MB or more. That is expected and not a sign that something went wrong.

Finally, converting does not make anything transparent. The PNG format supports transparency, but the white background of a product photo stays white after conversion. Removing a background is a separate editing step.

Choosing between PNG, WebP and JPG

• PNG if you will keep editing the image, need a lossless master copy, or a system requires PNG.
• WebP if the image is headed for a website and you want a modern format with smaller files. See the WebP format page.
• JPG if you only want to scale the image down with the max width option and keep it as a photo.

If your real goal is a smaller file, this is the wrong direction: use Compress image instead. For a deeper comparison of the two formats, read PNG vs JPG.