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Image converters that run on your own device

Format conversion and compression both happen in the page, using the same image decoders your browser already uses to display pictures. Your photos are read locally and never uploaded.

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About these tools

Most image conversion is a question of which format the thing receiving the image will accept. HEIC is what an iPhone shoots by default and what a great many websites, printers and older applications refuse. WebP is what a modern site serves and what some desktop software still cannot open. PNG keeps every pixel and an alpha channel, which is what you want for a logo, a screenshot or anything with sharp text. JPG throws detail away in exchange for a much smaller file, which is what you want for a photograph.

Compression is where the numbers usually get exaggerated. The compressor here reports the actual before and after size of your specific file rather than a claimed average, because how much a picture can be shrunk depends almost entirely on what is in it: a photograph of a busy street has far more to discard than a flat-coloured diagram, and a small file may not shrink at all.

If you are preparing photographs for a marketplace listing, check the destination’s own rules before converting — minimum dimensions and maximum file sizes vary by platform, and an image that fails them is a listing that does not go live.

Frequently asked questions

No. Each image is decoded and re-encoded by your own browser, and the result is handed straight back to you as a download. Nothing is transmitted, so a photograph of a document or an ID is as safe here as it is in your own photo library.

The rest of the toolbox

Every category works the same way — the file or the text stays on your device.