How to Convert PNG to JPG (and When You Shouldn't)

PNG and JPG are the two most common image formats, and they're good at different things. PNG keeps every pixel exactly and supports transparency; JPG makes photos much smaller. Converting a PNG to JPG is the quickest way to shrink a large image for email, a website or an upload form.

Convert PNG to JPG online

1. Open the PNG to JPG converter.
2. Drop your PNG files onto the page, or click Choose Files. Add up to 20 at once.
3. Click Convert and download your JPGs.

Choose the quality and size

Click the settings button next to the format before converting to change:

• Image quality: lower means smaller files. Around 80-90% suits most photos.
• Width and height: a photo for a website rarely needs to be wider than 2000 pixels.
• Max file size: set a limit in kilobytes when a form only accepts files under a certain size.
• Background colour: what replaces transparent areas (white unless you change it), since JPG can't be transparent.

Changed settings apply to that file. Use Apply to all in the settings to use them for every file of the same type.

When to keep PNG

Converting isn't always an improvement. Keep PNG for:

• Logos and icons with a transparent background.
• Screenshots and diagrams with text and sharp lines. JPG adds faint blur and smudges around edges.
• Images you'll keep editing. Every time you save a JPG, a little more detail is lost.

For websites, PNG to WebP is worth a try: WebP files are usually smaller than JPG and can stay transparent.

Going the other way

Need transparency or lossless editing? The JPG to PNG converter turns a JPG into a PNG. It won't restore detail the JPG already lost, but it stops further loss from here on.