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HEIC to PNG Converter Online Free

Convert Apple HEIC/HEIF photos to lossless PNG. Everything runs in your browser, so your photos are never uploaded to a server.

About this tool

How to convert HEIC to PNG

  1. Add your .heic or .heif files.
  2. Press Convert.
  3. Download each PNG, or take the batch as a ZIP.

Choosing PNG over JPG for this job

Both formats free your photos from Apple's HEIC, but they suit different purposes. PNG is lossless: the pixels the decoder produces are stored exactly, with no compression artefacts introduced at all. That makes it the right target when the image is going to be edited further, when it contains text or a screenshot rather than a scene, or when it will be re-saved several times before it is finished.

The cost is size. A PNG of a photograph is typically three to five times larger than the equivalent JPG, because lossless compression cannot exploit the way our eyes work. For a handful of images that is irrelevant; for a whole camera roll it adds up quickly.

A note on quality

Converting to PNG does not make the photo better than the HEIC it came from. HEIC is itself a lossy format, so some detail was already discarded when the camera saved it. What PNG guarantees is that nothing further is lost from this point on. It is a clean working copy, not a restoration.

Frequently asked questions

PNG or JPG: which should I pick?

PNG for editing, screenshots and anything with text. JPG for sharing, uploading and storing large numbers of photos.

Does transparency matter here?

Camera photos have no transparency, so this is not a reason to choose PNG for them. It matters for graphics, not for pictures of the world.

Will Windows open the result?

Yes. PNG needs no extra codec on any operating system.

Is anything sent to a server?

No. Your photos are decoded in your own browser.

Written and maintained by Nudge Systems, Surat

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