How to convert PNG to AVIF
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Upload your file
Drag and drop a file or click to select one. Keep this page open while the file uploads and converts.
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Convert PNG to AVIF
NexMedia converts PNG to AVIF on its own servers. Processing time depends on the file size and how busy the queue is.
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Download the converted file
When the conversion finishes, the download appears on this page. Your converted file is kept for 2 hours, then deleted.
About PNG
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a lossless image format created in 1996 as a free replacement for GIF. It supports full colour and an alpha channel for transparency.
Screenshots, logos, icons, diagrams and any image with text or sharp edges.
For photos a PNG is several times larger than a JPEG, and plain PNG has no animation (that is APNG).
Convert PNG to AVIF online free, no account required — AVIF is a modern image format based on the AV1 video codec.
Change PNG to AVIF without losing quality — convert PNG to AVIF free in your browser.
Why is my PNG so much bigger than the same photo as JPG? PNG stores every pixel losslessly, which is ideal for screenshots and graphics but wasteful for photos — JPG or WebP compress photographs far more efficiently.
About AVIF
AVIF is an image format based on the AV1 video codec, published by the Alliance for Open Media in 2019. It supports lossy and lossless compression, transparency, HDR and wide colour.
Modern websites, which use it for images smaller than WebP or JPEG at similar quality.
Encoding AVIF is slow, and older software and operating systems may not open it.
Why convert images to AVIF? It is the smallest format today’s browsers accept, often half the size of JPG, with HDR and wide-colour support on top.
What changes when you convert PNG to AVIF
- The PNG picture is re-encoded as AVIF at the default quality settings, so it looks close to the original but is not bit-identical.
Settings you can change
Before you convert PNG to AVIF, you can adjust: Width, Height, Scale fit, Crop position, Never enlarge, Quality, Lossless, Progressive, Remove metadata, Auto-orient from EXIF, Rotate, and Background.
Limits
Each plan sets a maximum file size and a number of conversions per day, and video and audio files also have a maximum length. Guests can convert files up to 100 megabytes and 5 per day; a free account raises this to 500 megabytes and 25 per day; paid plans go up to 100 gigabytes.
Your converted AVIF file is kept for 2 hours, then deleted.
PNG to AVIF: questions and answers
Does converting PNG to AVIF reduce quality?
The PNG picture is re-encoded as AVIF at the default quality settings, so it looks close to the original but is not bit-identical.
What is the difference between PNG and AVIF?
PNG is a lossless image format with transparency. AVIF is a modern image format based on the AV1 video codec.
Can I change the settings when converting PNG to AVIF?
Before you convert PNG to AVIF, you can adjust: Width, Height, Scale fit, Crop position, Never enlarge, Quality, Lossless, Progressive, Remove metadata, Auto-orient from EXIF, Rotate, and Background.
Do I need an account to convert PNG to AVIF?
No. You can convert PNG to AVIF without an account; signing in raises the file-size and daily limits.
How long is my converted AVIF file kept?
The AVIF file you convert from PNG is kept for 2 hours, then deleted automatically.
Is the AVIF an exact copy of my PNG?
The PNG picture is re-encoded as AVIF at the default quality settings, so it looks close to the original but is not bit-identical.
Will converting PNG to AVIF change my original file?
No. The conversion reads your PNG and writes a new AVIF file, leaving your original PNG file untouched.