Logos, icons, stickers and product cut-outs on websites are often sent as AVIF, with a see-through background. Save one, and most programs cannot open it. Turn it into a JPG and the background fills in with a solid colour. Converting AVIF to PNG keeps the file usable and the background transparent.
This page opens Convert image with Convert to set to PNG. The conversion runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded, and it is free, with no account and no watermark. Below: when PNG is the right target, how to convert, and what to do with the PNG afterwards.
Should an AVIF become a PNG or a JPG?
Both formats open almost everywhere, so the choice comes down to the picture. Websites like AVIF for graphics because it keeps transparency in a small file, but once you have saved one, what matters is what you will do with it next. PNG or JPG? This table sums it up.
| What you have | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A logo, icon or cut-out with a transparent background | PNG | The see-through areas stay see-through |
| A screenshot, a chart or a drawing with sharp text | PNG | Every pixel stays exactly as decoded, with no blur around letters |
| A picture you will edit and save again | PNG | Saving again loses nothing more |
| A photo you only want to share or upload | JPG | Much smaller files |
For photos without transparency, AVIF to JPG is usually the better page: the files are a fraction of the size, and at its higher Quality settings the difference is very hard to see.
One more case for PNG is a logo you will print large, such as on a banner: PNG keeps every edge as sharp as the AVIF had it. For a logo that must scale to any size without blurring, though, a vector is better, and Image to SVG traces the picture into shapes. It opens AVIF too.
How to convert AVIF to PNG
- Press Select images and pick your .avif files, or drop them anywhere on the page.
- Convert to is already on PNG. There is no Quality to pick: PNG keeps every pixel.
- Look at the stage. Split view shows the AVIF on the left and the PNG on the right, with a divider you can drag.
- Press Convert, then save. logo.avif comes out as logo.png.
The PNG tile under Convert to shows the size the file will have, and the number becomes exact once the PNG has been made in the background. Current Chrome, Edge and Firefox read AVIF themselves, so the first picture opens straight away.
Each PNG is packed by a careful PNG optimiser, which makes the file smaller without changing a single pixel. The other tiles show what JPG, WebP and the rest would give for the same picture, if you want to compare.
AVIF with transparency: what the PNG keeps
A transparent PNG keeps the see-through parts of the AVIF as they are, including soft edges such as a shadow that fades out. Place it on a coloured slide or a web page, and the colour shows through where it should.
- Every pixel of the decoded picture is kept, so text and sharp edges stay crisp.
- PNG cannot bring back detail the AVIF left out when it was made. It is an exact copy of the AVIF's picture, not of the original artwork.
- The file is usually much bigger than the AVIF, because PNG leaves nothing out.
- The PNG is drawn fresh, so camera, date and location details are not copied into it.
To check an AVIF with transparency after converting, place the PNG on a coloured slide or open it in a program that draws a checkerboard behind see-through areas. Where the website showed the page colour through the picture, your slide colour now shows through instead.
No transparency in the AVIF, but a plain white background you want gone? Convert first, then use Make background transparent to turn that one colour see-through.
What to do with the PNG next
Once the picture is a PNG, almost every program can open and edit an AVIF's contents: office suites, design apps, photo editors and website builders all take PNG. A few common next steps:
- Too big for an upload? Compress PNG packs it better, or uses fewer colours for a much smaller file, with the transparency kept.
- Need it smaller in pixels for a slide or a page? Resize image changes the width and height.
- Turning a logo into a website icon? The favicon generator opens AVIF directly and makes favicon.ico and the app icons in one go.
If you want to edit an AVIF more than once, keep working on the PNG and save other formats from it at the end. Every save of a JPG or AVIF compresses again, while a PNG stays exactly as it is.
Batches and privacy
Select up to 100 pictures at once, or add more from the work screen. Each is converted the same way, the button counts them (Convert 8 pictures), and Save all as ZIP saves every PNG together. Each keeps the name of its AVIF.
- Other pictures open here too, such as WebP or HEIC, and come out as PNG. A file that is already a PNG is saved again with _converted in its name.
- A file that cannot be opened is skipped with the reason on its card, and the rest carry on.
- Nothing is uploaded: the picture is converted in your browser, and our server does no picture work.
- It is free, with no account and no watermark. Image tools are not counted in the free daily limit, which applies to document conversions only.
- It works in current Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Very large pictures may be too big for your browser.
Read how we treat files on the privacy page.
Keep your AVIF graphics see-through
To change AVIF to PNG, select your pictures, keep Convert to on PNG and press Convert. Transparent areas stay transparent, every pixel is kept, and the files open in almost any program.
It is free and private. Select your AVIF pictures above to start.
