AVIF to PNG Converter - Free Online Tool

Convert AVIF to PNG instantly, right in your browser

Drop your AVIF image into the tool above and download a full-quality PNG file in seconds. No account, no upload, no waiting — the conversion happens entirely on your device.

AVIF is a next-generation format that compresses photos brilliantly, but many apps, editors, and older browsers still can't open it. Converting to PNG gives you a universally supported file with lossless quality and full transparency support — perfect for sharing, editing, or embedding anywhere.

How to convert AVIF to PNG

1. Click "Choose File" (or drag and drop) and select your .avif image.
2. The tool converts it instantly — no button to press; the PNG preview appears automatically.
3. Click "Download" to save the .png file to your device.

That's it. Your original AVIF file is never sent anywhere — the whole process runs on a browser canvas, so your image stays completely private.

Worked example

Say you have a product photo exported from a modern camera or web scraper as shoe-product.avif (87 KB). After converting, you get shoe-product.png — typically 300–600 KB depending on detail — ready to open in Photoshop, GIMP, Figma, or any image editor without a plugin.

PNG is larger than AVIF because it stores every pixel without compression losses. That trade-off is intentional — PNG is the right choice when you need pixel-perfect accuracy or alpha (transparent) areas.

How to do this in Python and JavaScript

If you have a batch of AVIF files to convert, a quick script is faster than doing them one at a time. Here are two copy-pasteable examples.

Python (Pillow)

Install Pillow first: pip install Pillow pillow-avif-plugin

import pillow_avif  # registers the AVIF decoder
from PIL import Image

img = Image.open('shoe-product.avif')
img.save('shoe-product.png', format='PNG')
print('Done — saved as shoe-product.png')

Note: Standard Pillow (before version 9.1.0) needs the pillow-avif-plugin package to read AVIF files. Pillow 9.1+ on Linux with libavif installed can read AVIF natively.

Node.js (sharp)

Install sharp: npm install sharp

const sharp = require('sharp');

sharp('shoe-product.avif')
  .png()
  .toFile('shoe-product.png')
  .then(() => console.log('Saved shoe-product.png'))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

sharp is a fast Node.js image library backed by libvips. It handles AVIF natively on supported platforms. See the sharp official documentation for more options like resizing during conversion.

How it works

When you drop an AVIF file into the tool, your browser decodes the image using its built-in AVIF support (available in Chrome 85+, Firefox 93+, and Safari 16+). The decoded pixels are drawn onto an HTML5 <canvas> element. The canvas then exports those pixels as a PNG blob using canvas.toBlob('image/png'), and that blob is handed to you as a download.

The entire pipeline runs locally. No pixel of your image is ever sent to a server. This also means there is no file size limit imposed by a server — the only limit is your browser's available memory.

When to convert AVIF to PNG (and when not to)

Good reasons to convert

• Your software can't open AVIF — older versions of Photoshop, GIMP before 2.10.34, and Windows Photo Viewer don't support it yet.
• You need lossless editing — PNG keeps every pixel intact, while AVIF is a lossy or near-lossless format.
• Transparency is critical — PNG supports full alpha transparency; so does AVIF, and the converter preserves it.
• You're preparing assets for a design tool like Figma or Sketch that imports PNG cleanly.

When PNG is the wrong choice

• Web delivery of photos: PNG is much larger than AVIF or even WebP. If you're serving images on a website, keep them in AVIF or WebP and only convert locally for editing.
• Storage is tight: A high-res photo in PNG can be 5–10× the size of its AVIF equivalent. Consider JPG if you don't need transparency.

For format specs, the Alliance for Open Media publishes the AVIF specification, and the Portable Network Graphics format is defined by W3C's PNG specification.

Bottom line: use this converter any time you need a universal, editable, or transparency-safe version of an AVIF image. Drop your file in the tool above and your PNG is ready before you finish reading this sentence.