JPEG XL: conversion steps
- Upload your JPEG XL file to start.
- Convert JPEG XL to AVIF.
- Download the JPEG XL file.
About JPEG XL files
a modern ISO image format designed to succeed JPEG
JPEG XL is an image format standardised as ISO/IEC 18181 in 2022. It offers lossy and lossless compression, transparency and HDR, and it can repack existing JPEG files losslessly to about 20 percent smaller.
Photography and archiving workflows, recent versions of Safari, and image editors that have added support.
JPEG XL: what conversion changes
Converting JPEG XL re-encodes pixels.
JPEG XL: settings to change
Before you convert JPEG XL files, you can adjust: Width, Height, Scale fit, Crop position, Never enlarge, Quality, Lossless, Progressive, Remove metadata, Auto-orient from EXIF, Rotate, and Background.
Limits of the JPEG XL format
Support is still limited: many browsers and image viewers do not open JPEG XL files.
Common questions about JPEG XL
Why can't I open my JPEG XL files in my usual apps yet? JPEG XL support is still rolling out, and most photo software and platforms haven't added it — converting to JPG keeps the images usable everywhere today.
Why convert photos to JPEG XL? It shrinks images another 40% or so compared with JPG and can even recompress existing JPGs without further loss.
Which browsers open JPEG XL images? Browser support is still limited, so a JXL file may open only in a browser with the format enabled or in a dedicated viewer. PNG, WebP or AVIF are safer when the image must display for everyone.