Convert AVIF to PNG
PNG is the safe universal destination for an AVIF you need to open elsewhere: it keeps the alpha channel and is readable by everything. The trade-off is size — a lossless PNG of a photograph is dramatically larger than the AVIF it came from.
Best for: Getting AVIF images with transparency into editors and tools that reject AVIF.
What to know
- Transparency is preserved in full.
- Expect a very large increase in file size — often ten times or more for photographic content.
- OxiPNG optimisation runs automatically to minimise the result.
About AVIF
Built on the AV1 video codec and standardised in 2019 — currently the strongest compression available in a widely supported still image format.
- Encoding is genuinely slow: seconds per image rather than milliseconds.
- Not supported by Safari before version 16, nor by much desktop software.
- At aggressive settings it smooths fine texture rather than adding blocky artefacts, which some find worse.
- Support:
- Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera and Safari 16+. Roughly 93% of users.
- Transparency:
- Full alpha, efficiently compressed.
About PNG
A lossless format built for graphics, screenshots and anything needing a real alpha channel.
- Pixel-exact: what goes in comes out, byte for byte.
- Full 8-bit alpha channel with no fringing.
- The right answer for screenshots, logos, line art and UI assets.
- Support:
- Every browser ever shipped.
- Transparency:
- Full 8-bit alpha.
Frequently asked questions
- Why is the PNG so much larger than the AVIF?
- AVIF is a highly efficient lossy codec; PNG is lossless with 1990s compression. For a photograph the difference is routinely tenfold or more. This is expected, not a fault of the conversion.
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Converting from something else? Convert any image to PNG