Convert AVIF to JPG or PNG in your browser

A free AVIF converter that actually respects your files

AVIF is the image format most modern cameras, phones, and content management systems have quietly started defaulting to over the last couple of years. It compresses beautifully, which is great news for page speed and storage — until you try to open one of those files somewhere that doesn't support it yet. A client asks for a JPG. A print shop wants a PNG. An older version of Photoshop just shows an error. That's the gap this tool exists to close.

This AVIF converter takes the file format that browsers and photographers love and turns it into the two formats that basically everything else on the planet still expects: JPG and PNG. There's no software to install, no account to create, and no limit on how many images you can run through it in a day. You open the page, drop in your files, and download the result. That's the entire workflow.

How this AVIF to JPG and PNG converter works

Most "free" online converters quietly upload your images to a server somewhere, process them in a queue, and email you a download link an hour later — or worse, they store your photos indefinitely. This tool skips all of that. When you drop an AVIF file onto the page, your browser decodes it directly and redraws it onto an HTML canvas, then re-encodes that canvas as a JPG or PNG. The conversion happens entirely on your device, in the tab you're already looking at.

That local-first approach has a few nice side effects. First, it's fast — there's no upload time to wait through, so a typical photo converts in well under a second. Second, it's private: nothing about the image, its metadata, or its content ever touches our servers, because there's nothing to send in the first place. Third, it works offline once the page has loaded, which is handy if you're on a flight or a spotty connection and just need to batch-convert a folder of screenshots.

When to choose JPG and when to choose PNG

Both output formats have a clear job. JPG is the better pick for photographs, product shots, and anything with lots of color gradients — it compresses that kind of detail efficiently, and the quality slider on this page lets you trade a little sharpness for a much smaller file if you're optimizing for email or a website. PNG is the one to reach for when your AVIF has transparency you need to keep, like a logo, an icon, or a graphic with clean edges and flat colors. PNG is lossless, so text and hard lines stay crisp, though the resulting files are usually larger than an equivalent JPG.

If you're not sure which one you need, a rough rule of thumb helps: photos and anything meant to look natural go to JPG, and graphics, screenshots, or anything with a see-through background go to PNG. Both dedicated tool pages below go into more detail if you want the full picture before converting.

Why AVIF exists in the first place

AVIF is built on the AV1 video codec, and it inherited AV1's compression smarts. In practical terms, that means an AVIF image can often look just as good as a JPG while taking up a fraction of the file size — sometimes 40 to 50% smaller at comparable quality. Websites love that trade-off because smaller images mean faster page loads, which is why so many photography sites, e-commerce stores, and content management systems switched their default export format to AVIF without necessarily telling their users.

The catch is compatibility. AVIF support in browsers is now solid — Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari can all display it — but plenty of older software, design tools, print workflows, and some social platforms still expect a JPG or PNG instead. That mismatch is usually the actual reason you landed on this page: not because AVIF is a bad format, but because whatever you're trying to do next doesn't speak it yet.

Built for batches, not just single files

If you're converting one screenshot, almost any tool will do the job. This one is built with the more common real-world case in mind: a folder full of AVIF photos from a camera roll export, a design handoff, or a bulk download that all need to become JPGs or PNGs before you can use them. Drop the whole batch on at once, let each file convert in parallel, and use Download All to grab everything without clicking through file after file. The file list also shows you exactly how much smaller (or larger) each converted file is compared to the original, so you can see the trade-off before you commit to it.

No catches, no hidden limits

There's no daily cap on how many images you can convert, no watermark added to the output, and no premium tier hiding behind a paywall. Because the conversion runs on your own device rather than a server we'd have to pay to run, there's no cost pressure pushing us toward upsells or artificial limits. The trade-off is that very old browsers without AVIF decoding support may not be able to read the source files — if that happens, this page will let you know rather than fail silently.

Whether you need to convert a single AVIF photo for a quick upload or clear out an entire folder before a deadline, the tool above handles both without asking you to sign up first. Scroll back up, drop in your files, and you'll have standard image files ready to use in less time than it took to read this paragraph.