Convert PNG to JPG
Smaller files for photographs — with transparency handled.
- Step 1Drop your imagesAnywhere on the page
- Step 2Set quality 85%Already selected for you
- Step 3Download the resultOne file or a zip
PNG stores every pixel exactly as it was, which is the right choice for logos, diagrams and anything with sharp edges or transparency. For photographs it is usually the wrong one: a PNG of a photo is often five to ten times the size of an equivalent JPG that looks the same.
It is also worth checking whether converting is the right move at all. If your PNG is a screenshot of text, a chart, or a logo with flat colour, converting to JPG will introduce visible fringing around the edges and may well produce a *larger* file than the PNG. JPG's advantage only applies to photographic content.
If the file grows after conversion, the tool shows the increase as a percentage in magenta rather than hiding it, so you can tell at a glance that PNG was the better format for that particular image.
Quality preserved
Transparency handled
The catch when converting is transparency, because JPG has no concept of it. Transparent areas have to become some solid colour, and a converter that ignores this produces black boxes where the transparency was. This tool fills transparent regions with white before encoding, which is what you want for a logo destined for a white page — and worth knowing about in advance if your image was designed for a dark background.
Not sure it held up? Every result has a Compare button — drag the divider to see your original against the processed version at full size.
Common questions
What happens to transparent areas?
They are filled with white before the JPG is written. JPG cannot store transparency at all, so the alternative would be black, which is almost never what people expect.
Why did my PNG get bigger as a JPG?
Because the image is not photographic. Flat colours and sharp edges are what PNG compresses best and JPG compresses worst — for logos, screenshots and diagrams, PNG is genuinely the better format.
Can I keep transparency by converting to something else?
Yes — WebP supports transparency and is usually far smaller than PNG. Choose WebP as the output format if the destination supports it, which all current browsers do.