Convert AVIF to PNG — lossless handoff for the newest format
Drop an AVIF below and get a lossless PNG in one click, with transparency preserved through the alpha channel. Runs entirely in your browser.
Your file is processed entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
AVIF is the most efficient image format on the modern web, but its compatibility outside browsers is still catching up. When you need to hand an AVIF to a tool that expects a traditional format — an older design app, a print service, a legacy CMS, or any workflow built around PNG — you need a converter. PNG is the right target when the downstream tool needs lossless quality and transparency support, and when you are not worried about file size. Unlike a conversion to JPG, AVIF-to-PNG preserves the alpha channel of the source AVIF, so transparent areas stay transparent in the output.
This converter uses the HTML5 Canvas API to decode your AVIF and re-encode the pixels as a lossless PNG, entirely in your browser. AVIF decoding is supported in Chrome (85+), Firefox (93+), Safari (16.4+), and Edge (90+), covering all modern browsers. The output PNG preserves whatever pixels the source AVIF contains — no quality is lost on the PNG side. The catch: if the source AVIF was itself lossy, any compression artifacts already in the image remain in the PNG, because PNG does not and cannot recover what AVIF discarded during its original encoding.
How to convert AVIF to PNG in 4 steps
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Select your AVIF file
Drop it in the dropzone or click to browse. Any AVIF your browser can decode is accepted.
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Let the browser decode and re-encode
Canvas reads the AVIF, extracts the pixels, and encodes them as a lossless PNG. No quality is lost during the conversion step itself.
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Check the size comparison
The PNG will almost always be larger than the source AVIF, because PNG’s lossless compression cannot match AVIF’s modern lossy compression on file size.
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Download the PNG
Save the PNG to your device. Use it wherever a lossless, alpha-capable raster is needed. Your AVIF source is untouched.
AVIF vs PNG: efficiency versus universality
AVIF and PNG both support full alpha transparency, so the visual content can carry over losslessly. What separates them is compression efficiency and universality. AVIF typically produces files 5 to 10 times smaller than the equivalent PNG on photographic content, and 2 to 3 times smaller on flat-color graphics. PNG, on the other hand, is universally understood by every image tool, design application, and print workflow built over the last 30 years. When you can stay on the modern web, AVIF wins on bytes. When you need to hand the file to anything else, PNG wins on compatibility. Converting AVIF to PNG is the right move when lossless matters and the destination is not modern-web-only.
When should you convert AVIF to PNG?
Editing in a raster design tool
If you plan to crop, retouch, or composite the image in a design tool, PNG is the safe import format. You avoid the compatibility risk of AVIF and keep full lossless quality as a starting point.
Submitting to a print service
Print workflows standardize on PNG or TIFF for lossless assets. Converting your AVIF source to PNG produces a file the print shop can process without questions.
Working with a legacy CMS
Many in-house CMS platforms built before 2023 do not accept AVIF uploads. PNG is the universal lossless fallback that always works.
Preserving transparency when JPG is too lossy
If your AVIF has transparency and you cannot tolerate the lossy cascade of AVIF-to-JPG, PNG is the lossless alternative that also preserves the alpha channel.
Frequently asked questions
- Will converting AVIF to PNG improve the quality?
- No. PNG is lossless, so it preserves exactly the pixels of the decoded AVIF — including any compression artifacts already baked in. The conversion cannot undo what AVIF’s original encoding discarded. What PNG does offer is a guarantee that no further quality degradation will happen during subsequent edits.
- Why is the PNG much larger than the AVIF?
- Because PNG uses 1990s-era lossless compression while AVIF uses modern lossy compression. Expect the PNG to be 5 to 10 times larger than the source AVIF on photographs, and 2 to 3 times larger on simple graphics.
- Does the PNG preserve transparency from the AVIF?
- Yes. Both formats support a full 8-bit alpha channel. Any transparent regions in the source AVIF are carried into the PNG output pixel-for-pixel.
- Which browsers can decode AVIF?
- All currently-supported major browsers. Chrome since 85 (2020), Firefox since 93 (2021), Safari since 16.4 (March 2023), Edge since 90 (2021). If the page loads for you, your browser can run this tool.
- Is my AVIF uploaded anywhere?
- No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser through the HTML5 Canvas API. Your AVIF is decoded locally, re-encoded locally as PNG, and returned to you as a download. FileShrink has no server that touches your files.