# Convert JPG to PNG

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Convert JPG images to PNG in your browser. Get a lossless file ready for editing and transparency work. Free, private, nothing uploaded.

### What converting actually gives you
No further quality loss: Every time a JPG is opened, edited, and re-saved it is recompressed and loses a little more detail. PNG is lossless, so once converted you can edit and re-save as often as you like without the image slowly degrading. This is the main reason to convert before starting work.

A format that can hold transparency: JPG cannot store transparency at all. Converting to PNG gives you a file that can — which is the necessary first step before removing a background, knocking out a colour, or building a logo cutout. The conversion itself does not create transparency, it enables it.

It cannot undo JPG compression: Converting does not recover detail the JPG already discarded. Existing artefacts — blocky skies, halos around text — are carried across and preserved perfectly. You are stopping further loss, not repairing past loss, and it is worth being clear-eyed about that.

Expect a larger file: A lossless PNG of a photograph is typically several times larger than the JPG it came from. That is the correct trade for an editing master, but it makes PNG a poor choice for serving photographs on a web page — convert back, or to WebP, when you publish.

Local and private: The conversion runs in your browser on canvas. Nothing is uploaded, so there is no size limit imposed by a server and no copy of your file left behind.

### How to convert JPG to PNG
1. Upload your JPG — Drop the file in — it is processed locally in your browser.
2. Confirm PNG is selected — PNG is preselected from this page. The quality slider is greyed out because PNG is lossless.
3. Download the PNG — Save the lossless file at full resolution, ready to edit.

### When you need a PNG instead of a JPG
- Before removing a background: You need a format that can hold transparency first.
- Editing masters: Work and re-save repeatedly without compounding compression loss.
- Design and dev handoff: Plenty of pipelines expect PNG for interface assets.
- Print artwork: Some printers ask for lossless files rather than JPG.
- Logos rescued from JPG: A logo sent as JPG needs converting before it can be cleaned up.

### Frequently asked questions
Q: Does converting to PNG improve quality?
A: No, and any tool claiming otherwise is overselling. Converting preserves exactly what is in the JPG, artefacts included. What it does is stop any further loss from future edits and saves.

Q: Will the file get bigger?
A: Usually yes, often several times over for photographs, because PNG stores every pixel exactly. That is the expected cost of a lossless format and the reason PNG is an editing format rather than a delivery one.

Q: Does this make the background transparent?
A: No — it produces a PNG that is *capable* of transparency, but the image itself is unchanged. To actually remove a background, use the background remover after converting.

Q: Can I convert back to JPG afterwards?
A: Yes, and that is a normal workflow: convert to PNG, do your editing, then convert back to JPG for delivery. Just be aware each JPG save is a fresh round of lossy compression.

Q: Is my image uploaded anywhere?
A: No. Everything happens in your browser, so the file never reaches a server.

Q: Is it free?
A: The conversion and preview are free. Full-resolution downloads use one credit and need a free account, with packs from €0.99.

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