JPG to PNG

How to convert JPG to PNG

PNG is lossless and supports transparency, which is why designers, printers and app stores often insist on it. Converting a JPG to PNG stops any further quality loss when you edit and re-save the file.

Add your JPGs below and download PNGs — one at a time or in bulk.

What converting to PNG does and does not do

PNG is lossless, so the conversion preserves exactly what is in the JPG. What it cannot do is recover anything — detail already discarded by JPG compression is gone permanently, and wrapping it in a lossless format does not bring it back. Converting a heavily compressed JPG to PNG gives you a much larger file containing exactly the same visible flaws.

When this is the right conversion

Three good reasons. You need transparency, which means starting from PNG and editing. You are going to edit and re-save repeatedly, and want to stop the image degrading a little each time. Or a system specifically demands PNG — some upload forms and print workflows do.

Expect a bigger file

Often several times bigger, especially for photographs. That is PNG working as designed rather than anything going wrong.

Frequently asked questions

Will converting to PNG improve quality?

No — it preserves what is already there. Detail lost when the JPG was first created cannot be recovered, but nothing further is lost from here.

Why is my PNG bigger than the JPG?

PNG is lossless, so it keeps every pixel exactly. That fidelity costs space, especially with photographs.

Does the PNG have transparency?

Only if the source had it. A JPG never does, so the result is fully opaque.