How to use the Image Converter (PNG, JPG, WEBP)
- Drag and drop the images you want to convert onto the area above, or click it to choose files. You can add several images at once.
- Pick the format to Convert to (JPG, PNG or WEBP). For JPG and WEBP you can also set the quality.
- When you convert an image with a transparent background (such as a PNG) to JPG, the transparent areas are filled with the background color. White is the default.
- Click Save next to a file to download it on its own, or click Download all as ZIP to get everything at once.
PNG vs. JPG vs. WEBP: which should you use?
| Format | Compression | Transparency | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPG (JPEG) | Lossy | Not supported | Photos, camera images, product shots for online stores |
| PNG | Lossless | Supported | Logos, icons, screenshots, images with lots of text |
| WEBP | Lossy or lossless | Supported | Website images (smaller than JPG at the same quality) |
For photos, JPG gives you good quality for the file size. For images where text and lines need to stay crisp, PNG is the better choice. WEBP is a format created by Google. All modern browsers support it, but some older programs and some upload forms (government portals, job application sites, print shops) may still reject it.
When you need to convert WEBP to JPG
When you save an image from the web, it often ends up as a .webp file. The Windows Photos app and modern phones open these without trouble, but older image editors, some document programs and the file upload forms on many websites don't recognize WEBP and show an "unsupported file type" error. Converting to JPG lets you open and upload the image almost anywhere.
It also works the other way: converting photos for your own blog or website to WEBP keeps the same quality at a smaller file size, so your pages load faster. To shrink files even more, try Image Compressor to lower the resolution as well.
Does converting PNG to JPG reduce quality?
JPG uses lossy compression, so technically the result is never identical to the original. With quality set to 90% or higher, though, the difference in photos is very hard to see. Screenshots with lots of text or thin lines are a different story: in JPG the edges of letters can look blurry or smudged, so keep those as PNG or WEBP.
Converting a JPG to PNG won't bring quality back. Detail that was lost when the image was saved as JPG is gone for good, and the PNG is often just a bigger file. Unless you need a transparent background, there's no reason to convert JPG to PNG.
Converting many images at once
You can drop a whole batch of images into the tool at once. Each file is converted with the same format, quality and background settings, and the list shows the image dimensions plus the original and new file sizes, so you can see right away whether a file got bigger or smaller.
- Save downloads a single converted file.
- Download all as ZIP bundles every converted image into one ZIP file.
- Clear list removes all files so you can start over.
Files that aren't images are skipped automatically, and any image the browser can't read is marked with an error so the rest of the batch still converts.