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EXIF metadata is removed. Decoding and redrawing the image carries no GPS coordinates, camera model or timestamp across, so the file you download has none of it. If you need that data kept, copy the originals instead.
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How to Convert AVIF to PNG
- Drag and drop your AVIF files into the converter above, or click to browse.
- The converter automatically outputs PNG format. Adjust quality if needed.
- Click download to save your converted PNG files. For multiple files, use "Download All as ZIP."
What is PNG?
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) arrived in 1996 as a patent-free answer to GIF. It has been the safe default for still images ever since. Its compression is lossless. Rows of pixels are run through prediction filters and then DEFLATE. The decoder reconstructs the original bytes exactly rather than approximating them. PNG carries a full 8-bit alpha channel, which records 256 levels of transparency per pixel instead of GIF's single on-or-off transparent colour. What makes it useful here is boring rather than clever: every browser, operating system, print driver and image editor written in the last twenty years opens a PNG without being asked twice, and none of them need a codec installed first.
What is an AVIF File?
AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) is a modern image format based on the AV1 video codec. It offers significantly better compression than JPEG and WebP while maintaining excellent visual quality. AVIF supports transparency, HDR, and wide color gamuts, but is not yet universally supported by all image editors and platforms.
AVIF vs PNG
These two formats are not really competing for the same job. AVIF is built on the AV1 video codec and is usually written lossy, which is how a web photo lands at a couple of hundred kilobytes. PNG stores the image exactly and pays for that in size. So the conversion is not an upgrade, and it helps to be clear about what it does and does not do. Every compression artefact already baked into the AVIF is copied faithfully into the PNG — there is nothing in the pixels to distinguish an artefact from real detail. What you gain is a file that opens in software which has never heard of AV1, and a starting point you can edit and re-save repeatedly without stacking another generation of loss on top. If the AVIF opens fine everywhere you need it, keep the AVIF.
Why Convert AVIF to PNG?
- You saved an AVIF from a website and your image editor claims the file is corrupt or unrecognised.
- You are dropping the picture into a Word document, a slide deck or a print layout, and PNG is the format those workflows have accepted for decades.
- You need to edit and re-save the image several times, and want each save to be exact rather than another round of lossy compression.
- Someone on an older machine cannot see the image at all, and you would rather send something that works than talk them through installing a codec.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will the PNG look better than the AVIF?
No, and that catches people out. A lossless format cannot put back detail that was thrown away when the AVIF was encoded. Blocking, smearing around fine texture, banding in a flat sky: all of it comes through into the PNG exactly as it was. The conversion protects the image from further damage rather than repairing what has already happened to it.
How much larger will the PNG be?
Considerably. For a photographic image, expect the PNG to land somewhere between five and fifteen times the size of the AVIF, though flat graphics, logos and screenshots fare much better — large areas of identical colour compress extremely well under DEFLATE. If the size bothers you and you do not need lossless output, convert to WebP or JPG instead.
Why can't my image editor open AVIF files?
AVIF only reached a published specification in 2019, and desktop software has been slow to follow. Browsers moved first because they had AV1 decoders already, having added them for video. Plenty of editors, viewers, uploaders and older operating systems still have no AVIF path at all, and some will report the file as damaged rather than unsupported, which is how people end up here assuming their download failed.
Does the transparent background survive?
Yes. AVIF and PNG both carry a proper alpha channel, so cut-out images and soft anti-aliased edges cross over intact. JPG is the format to avoid here. It has no transparency at all, and anything transparent comes out solid black.
Can I convert a folder of AVIF files in one go?
Up to three files per batch on the free tier. Run as many batches as you like. Pro lifts the per-batch limit. Everything is processed in your browser either way, and the results download individually or as a single ZIP.