PNG to JPG
Turn PNGs into smaller JPGs with a background colour of your choice.
Drop images here
Or choose files, or paste a screenshot. They are converted on your device and never uploaded.
Converting on your device…
That didn't work.
Your images never leave your device.
Keyboard shortcuts
- / or ⌘K
- Search every tool
- ⌘↵
- Run this tool, from anywhere on the page
- ⌘S
- Download the result
- ?
- Open and close this list
About the Pathine PNG to JPG
Converting a PNG to JPG is almost always about size. PNG stores every pixel exactly, which is the right choice for a logo and the wrong one for a photograph — a photo saved as PNG is routinely five to ten times larger than the same picture as JPG, with no visible benefit.
The one thing you lose is transparency. JPG has no alpha channel, so anything see-through has to become a colour; this tool lets you pick which, and defaults to white. If the transparency matters, you want PNG or WebP instead.
Everything happens in this browser tab, so a screenshot containing something private is not sent anywhere to be converted.
When you'd reach for it
A screenshot too large to email
Screenshots save as PNG by default, and a full-screen capture can easily exceed 5MB. As a JPG the same image is usually under 500KB.
An upload that only accepts JPG
Passport photo tools, job applications and older content systems frequently accept JPG and nothing else, regardless of what the image contains.
Photos exported as PNG by mistake
Some editors and phone screenshots produce PNG for photographic content. Converting reclaims most of the file size immediately.
Cutting page weight
If a page is loading slowly because of photographic PNGs, converting them is a bigger and safer win than any amount of compression tuning.
How to convert PNG to JPG
-
Add your PNG files
Drop them here, paste a screenshot straight from the clipboard, or choose files. Several at once is fine.
-
Choose a background colour
Only relevant if the PNG has transparent areas. Whatever you pick is painted behind them, because JPG cannot store transparency. White suits most cases.
-
Set the quality
90% keeps photographs looking identical. Drop toward 75% if the file still needs to be smaller — screenshots with text hold up better at higher settings.
-
Download your JPGs
One file downloads directly; a batch comes back as a zip.
Common questions
Will converting PNG to JPG lose quality?
Slightly, because JPG is lossy. At 90% the difference is invisible on a photograph. On flat colour, sharp edges or text — a logo, a diagram, a screenshot of code — JPG produces visible fuzzing around the edges, and PNG or WebP is the better choice.
What happens to the transparent parts?
They are filled with the background colour you choose. There is no way around this: the JPG format has no channel to store transparency in. Convert to WebP instead if you need to keep it.
How much smaller will the file be?
For a photograph, typically 80–95% smaller. For a simple graphic or a screenshot of mostly flat colour, sometimes not smaller at all — PNG is genuinely efficient at that kind of image, and the tool will tell you what you got.
Can I convert back to PNG afterwards?
You can, but it will not restore what was lost. Once JPG has discarded detail it is gone, and converting back only wraps the degraded image in a larger file. Keep the original PNG if you might need it.
Is there a file size limit?
No server limit, because there is no server. The conversion runs on your own device, so the practical ceiling is your browser's available memory.