HEIF to PNG Converter
Convert HEIF files (released 2015 (MPEG), Lossy or lossless (HEVC family)) to PNG (Lossless, typically Larger — 2–10× JPEG for photos). Runs in your browser — no upload, no signup.
Based on 12,431+ conversions delivered
Should you convert HEIF to PNG? It depends on where the file is headed. PNG (Lossless, typically Larger — 2–10× JPEG for photos) is the right call when you need Screenshots, icons, logos, any image with transparency and your destination supports it — Universal (every browser since the 90s). HEIF stays the better master when you need Modern Apple devices, Android camera pipelines that emit HEIF. In our sample set, PNG files ran about 209% larger than the HEIF source. This converter runs the whole job locally in your browser, so a 50-file batch is as private as a single image and nothing is uploaded. Below: a side-by-side of both formats, the real trade-offs, and the edge cases — transparency, animation, colour depth — that decide whether HEIF → PNG is a clean win.
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HEIF vs PNG — side-by-side
The numbers and capabilities at a glance, so you know what you're trading.
HEIF
- Year released
- 2015 (MPEG)
- Compression
- Lossy or lossless (HEVC family)
- Transparency
- Yes
- Animation
- Yes
- Browser support
- Safari only — convert for cross-platform delivery
- Best for
- Modern Apple devices, Android camera pipelines that emit HEIF
PNG
- Year released
- 1996
- Compression
- Lossless
- Transparency
- Yes (full alpha)
- Animation
- No (use APNG / GIF / WebP)
- Browser support
- Universal (every browser since the 90s)
- Best for
- Screenshots, icons, logos, any image with transparency
Real HEIF → PNG file sizes
We ran a fixed set of sample images through this exact converter so you can see the typical size impact before converting your own files.
| Sample image | HEIF size | PNG size | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photo | 59.0 KB | 174.3 KB | +196% larger |
| Screenshot / UI | 791 B | 1.6 KB | +104% larger |
| Logo / transparency | 3.1 KB | 18.2 KB | +485% larger |
Measured on a 256×256 sample set with this converter on 2026-05-28. Real-world files vary with resolution, colour and content.
Heads up before converting HEIF → PNG
What changes — and what your conversion will cost — based on how HEIF and PNG differ.
Higher bit depth gets clipped
HEIF stores image data at a higher bit depth per channel than PNG encodes by default. Subtle gradients, HDR highlights, and 16-bit print sources collapse into the narrower 8-bit range — the difference is invisible in most photos, but banding shows up in skies, soft skin tones, and low-key shadows. If you need the precision (retouching, print, raw archive), keep the HEIF source and convert a copy.
Best practices for HEIF → PNG
Concrete settings to pick before you convert HEIF to PNG.
- Always preview the PNG output before bulk-downloading — colour shifts, transparency surprises, and quality artifacts show up in the preview before they ship.
- Strip EXIF metadata if file size or privacy matters — camera GPS coordinates, timestamps, and serial numbers travel inside the image bytes by default.
- PNG is lossless, so quality settings don't apply — but you can still shave bytes by quantising the palette (pngquant for PNG, gif2webp for GIF) when the image has a limited colour count.
- Verify the alpha channel rendered as expected — premultiplied vs straight alpha and edge halos around antialiased pixels are the most common surprises when going to PNG.
The importance of a good image conversion
Why getting HEIF → PNG right matters more than you think.
Frequently asked
The basics everyone asks before dropping a file.
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