PNG to JPG

PNG vs JPG

PNG stores every pixel exactly. That’s perfect for logos, icons and screenshots, but wasteful for photos: a phone photo saved as PNG can be 10–20 MB. JPG throws away detail your eye can’t see, which makes photos dramatically smaller. It’s also the format almost every upload form asks for.

How to do it here

1. The recipe is set: 100% size, save as JPG.
2. Drop your PNG on the canvas.
3. Hit Repixel it ✨. You’ll see the before → after size and a badge confirming a real JPG.

When a form still says the file is too big

A converted photo might still be over a limit like 50 KB or 100 KB. Switch the studio to KB size and type the limit. It will find the highest quality that fits, and it checks the exact byte count before you download. Or open Resize image to 50 KB directly.

Mistakes to avoid

• Renaming instead of converting. A file renamed from .png to .jpg is still a PNG inside. Strict portals detect that and reject it.
• Converting transparent logos to JPG. The background becomes white. Keep logos as PNG or WebP.
• Converting again and again. Each JPG save loses a little quality. Convert once from the original.

How big is the saving?

It depends on what’s in the image. A phone photo saved as PNG often drops from 8–15 MB to 1–3 MB as a high-quality JPG, with no difference you can see. A simple graphic with large flat colours saves less, and may even look slightly worse as JPG because JPG is designed for photos, not flat areas. The stats under the result show the exact before and after sizes, so you can decide.

What we do with transparency

Before saving the JPG we place the image on a solid white background, so cut-outs and logos don’t end up with black or grey boxes where the transparency was. The studio tells you it did this with a short note under the result.