Formats
Open 10 image formats and save to 8. Every combination below works in the image converter, and the most common ones have their own page with tips and answers.
| Format | Open | Save as | Compression | Transparency | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPG.jpg .jpeg .jfif | Yes | Yes | lossy | No | Photos for sharing, email and the web |
| PNG.png | Yes | Yes | lossless | Yes | Screenshots, logos, UI graphics, images with transparency |
| WebP.webp | Yes | Yes | lossy or lossless | Yes | Websites and apps that need small, high-quality images |
| AVIF.avif | Yes | Yes | lossy or lossless | Yes | The smallest possible web images |
| HEIC.heic .heif | Yes | No | lossy | Yes | Storing photos on Apple devices |
| GIF.gif | Yes | Yes | lossless | On/off | Simple animations and flat-colour graphics |
| BMP.bmp .dib | Yes | Yes | usually uncompressed | Yes | Legacy Windows software and simple pipelines |
| TIFF.tif .tiff | Yes | Yes | lossless | Yes | Print, scanning, archiving and professional editing |
| ICO.ico | Yes | Yes | lossless | Yes | Favicons and Windows icons |
| SVG.svg | Yes | No | vector | Yes | Logos, icons and illustrations that need to scale |
Rows are the format you have, columns the format you want. Every cell works. opens a dedicated page with tips; opens the converter with that format selected.Swipe the table sideways to see every format.
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Joint Photographic Experts Group
The standard format for photos. It shrinks files by discarding detail the eye is unlikely to notice, which makes it compact but slightly lossy every time it is saved.
Portable Network Graphics
A lossless format that keeps every pixel exactly and supports full transparency. Ideal for screenshots, logos and graphics with sharp edges or text.
WebP (Google)
A modern web format from Google that does both lossy and lossless compression, with transparency and animation. It is usually noticeably smaller than JPG or PNG at the same quality.
AV1 Image File Format
A newer format based on the AV1 video codec. It gives some of the smallest files available at a given quality and supports transparency, HDR and wide colour.
High Efficiency Image Container (HEIF)
The format iPhones and iPads save photos in by default since iOS 11. It stores high-quality photos in about half the space of JPG, but many apps, websites and Windows PCs can’t open it.
Graphics Interchange Format
One of the oldest web formats, best known for short animations. It is limited to 256 colours and on/off transparency, so photos tend to look banded.
Windows Bitmap
A simple Windows format that usually stores pixels without compression. Files are large, but almost any program can read them.
Tagged Image File Format
A flexible, high-fidelity format used in printing, scanning and archiving. It is usually lossless and widely supported by professional software, but browsers other than Safari can’t display it.
Windows Icon
An icon container that holds the same image at several sizes, such as 16, 32, 48 and 256 pixels. It is used for website favicons and Windows app and folder icons.
Scalable Vector Graphics
A vector format that describes shapes with code instead of pixels, so it stays sharp at any size. Converting it to a raster format fixes it at a chosen resolution.