PNG to AVIF Converter

What happens when you convert PNG to AVIF

• ImageMagick, the open-source image toolkit, reads the PNG on our conversion server and saves it as an AVIF at quality 70.
• AVIF is written here without transparency, so transparent areas are filled with white.
• AVIF often comes out at half the size of a JPG of the same quality or less. Current browsers show it, but many desktop programs, older phones and upload forms cannot open it yet.
• This conversion runs on our server: the file is uploaded, converted, and deleted together with the result as soon as the result has been sent back to you. Nothing is kept. Files up to 25 MB are accepted.

How to convert PNG to AVIF online

1. Press "Choose PNG files" and select one or more files, or drag them onto the box. Files up to 25 MB each can be converted.
2. There are no settings to choose: the converter keeps everything the target format can hold.
3. Press "Convert to AVIF". The file is uploaded to our conversion server, converted in a few seconds, and deleted together with the result as soon as the result is sent back.
4. Save each AVIF with its download button. Our server has already deleted both your PNG and the AVIF by then.

Why convert PNG to AVIF?

PNG files usually come from screenshots, logos, diagrams and anything with transparency. People convert them to AVIF because AVIF makes images far smaller than JPG at the same quality, which speeds up websites.

In short, PNG is good at what it was made for, and AVIF is the more practical choice when the file has to open, upload or print somewhere else. PNG opens in every browser and image viewer, while AVIF opens in current Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge.

How to convert PNG to AVIF on Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android

On Windows

Open this page in Chrome, Edge or Firefox, drag your PNG files in from File Explorer, and press Convert. Each AVIF is saved to your Downloads folder.

On a Mac

Safari, Chrome and Firefox all work. Drag the PNG files from Finder onto the drop zone and the AVIF files land in Downloads.

On iPhone and iPad

Open the page in Safari and tap Choose PNG files. You can pick from Photos or from the Files app. The converted AVIF appears in Files, in the Downloads folder; to put it in your photo library, open it there, tap Share and choose Save Image.

On Android

Open the page in Chrome, tap Choose PNG files and pick them from Files or your gallery. The AVIF is saved to the Download folder, where any file manager can find it.

Best settings for PNG to AVIF

There are no settings: the image keeps its full size and is saved at quality 70.

Keep the PNG as your original, and convert from it again if you need another format.

PNG vs AVIF: the differences

About PNG and AVIF files

What is a PNG file?

PNG compresses without losing a single pixel, so screenshots and text stay razor sharp, but a photograph saved as PNG is often three to five times the size of the same photo as JPG.

What is an AVIF file?

AVIF uses the AV1 video codec to compress still images and often beats WebP by another 20 percent. Encoding it is slow and many desktop programs cannot open it yet.

PNG to AVIF not working? Common problems

• "Files up to 25 MB can be converted." Server conversions have a size limit. Save the image at a smaller size first.
• "The conversion took too long and was stopped." Very long or complex files can pass the 90 second limit. Split the file and convert the parts.
• "This file is not really in PNG format." The converter checks every file before it runs anything, so a file of another format renamed to .png is refused. Choose the page for its real format.

Convert PNG to AVIF from the command line

ImageMagick does the same on your own computer:

magick input.png -background white -flatten -quality 70 output.avif

Converting on your own computer keeps the file entirely local, which is worth it for very large or very sensitive documents. For everything else, the converter on this page does it without installing anything.