JPG to PNG Converter

Other DocBrio tools that are often used together with JPG to PNG.

About JPG to PNG

First, the honest part. Converting a JPG to a PNG does not make the picture sharper or restore anything. The PNG stores exactly the pixels the JPG shows, including any blocky patches or soft edges that JPG compression left behind. The file also gets bigger, often several times bigger, because PNG has to record every pixel exactly.

To give a rough idea of the change in size: in our own test, a small JPG of about 5 KB became a PNG of about 42 KB. Your numbers will differ, but an increase of several times is normal for photos.

So why convert at all? There are four situations where a PNG is really what you need.

One: a website, a printing service or a piece of software accepts only PNG. The converted file is a perfectly valid PNG and will be accepted.

Two: you are going to edit the picture and save it many times. Every time a JPG is saved, it is compressed again and loses a little more. A PNG can be saved as often as you like without further loss, so converting once at the start stops the damage from building up.

Three: you are adding text, a logo or other sharp elements on top of a photo. Those new edges stay clean in a PNG, while a JPG would blur them slightly.

Four: you plan to cut out the background later. JPG cannot hold transparency at all, so the picture has to be in a format like PNG before an editor can make parts of it transparent.

That last point causes a common misunderstanding. The conversion itself does not remove the background. A JPG has a solid picture from edge to edge, and the PNG you get has the same solid picture. Making the background transparent is a separate editing step in a photo editor or a background remover.

When should you not convert? When the goal is better quality, a smaller file or an image for a web page. In all three cases the JPG you already have is the better file. And when you finish editing a PNG and want to send it to someone, exporting a JPG copy for sharing will save them a large download.

When Should I Use This?

Use it when something specifically demands a PNG file, or as a first step before repeated editing, adding sharp overlays or cutting out a background. If you only want the picture to look better or the file to be smaller, this conversion will not help.

How to Use JPG to PNG Step by Step

1. Choose one or more JPG files.
2. Press Convert to PNG. There is nothing to set, because PNG keeps every pixel as it is.
3. Look at the sizes in the list so the larger file does not surprise you.
4. Download the PNG and open it in your editor, or upload it where a PNG was required.

Limitations

Quality is not improved and lost detail does not come back. The PNG is usually several times larger than the JPG. The background stays solid. Camera details and location stored in the JPG are not copied to the PNG.

Related Tools and Guide

• PNG to JPG makes a small JPG copy again when you have finished editing.
• Image Compressor is what you want if the real goal is a smaller file.
• Guide: JPG, PNG or WebP: which format fits which job.

Frequently Asked Questions