Convert AVIF to JPG — Free, Private, In Your Browser
When an AVIF photo has to work in an email, an upload form or a print order, JPG is the format nothing turns away. It costs some file size, but it removes the guesswork.
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Drop your AVIF here or click to upload
Only AVIF files accepted on this page.
Converting to JPG…
This is happening on your device — no upload.
How this AVIF to JPG conversion works
The browser decodes the AVIF, the page fills any transparent areas with white and encodes the picture as JPG at quality 0.92. Animated AVIF files give up all but their first frame. No copy of your image is sent anywhere.
Example: AVIF to JPG in practice
You downloaded a photo from a news or travel site that serves AVIF and want to send it to a relative with an older phone. Convert it to JPG and send that instead; it will open in any gallery app. If you plan to print it, check the pixel dimensions first, because web images are often too small for large prints. Converting does not add resolution.
Before you use the new JPG from your AVIF
- Look at bright highlights such as sky or lamps if the original was HDR.
- Confirm the JPG meets the upload form's KB limit, and compress it if not.
- Check there is no white box where the AVIF had a transparent background.
- Open the JPG on the phone or computer it is meant for before you delete the AVIF.
Why convert AVIF to JPG?
AVIF trades compatibility for efficiency, and outside a web browser that trade often goes the wrong way. Upload forms reject it, older phones show a blank thumbnail, print shops do not list it. JPG sits at the other end: not the most efficient format, but accepted almost everywhere. Pick JPG over PNG here when the image is a photograph and you want it to stay reasonably small. Pick PNG instead if the AVIF has a transparent background or you plan to keep editing it. HDR AVIF photos lose their extra brightness range on the way, because JPG is a standard 8-bit format.
When AVIF to JPG is the right call
- Uploading a photo to a portal or form that rejects AVIF
- Sharing with someone whose phone or PC cannot display AVIF
- Sending pictures to a print service or photo lab
- Attaching an image to an email when you do not know what the recipient uses
AVIF vs JPG: what changes
| Feature | AVIF | JPG | In practice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transparency | Yes (alpha) | No | Any transparent area is filled with white, which is fine for photos and wrong for logos. |
| Colour & HDR | 8–12-bit, HDR | 8-bit, standard range | Bright HDR highlights are squeezed into normal range, so some AVIF photos look duller as JPG. |
| Compression | Lossy/lossless | Lossy | Two lossy rounds in a row; quality 0.92 keeps the second one light. |
| Animation | Yes | None | Only the first frame of an animated AVIF is kept. |
| Browsers | All current | Universal | Both display in up-to-date browsers (caniuse.com/avif); the problems start outside the browser. |
| Phones & galleries | Recent only | Universal | Recent Android and iOS versions display AVIF, while older phones may show nothing at all. |
| Portals & print shops | Rarely accepted | Standard | Application forms and photo labs almost always list JPG and rarely mention AVIF. |
Browser support: caniuse.com/avif
AVIF to JPG file size: our test
Our test images (results vary by image): a 640×720 photo and a 560×720 text graphic cropped from one of our blog headers, plus our 1696×399 site logo with its transparent background. Sources were AVIFs at quality 50, the kind of aggressive setting many sites use. Outputs were JPGs at quality 92 with transparency flattened onto white.
| Test image | AVIF in | JPG out | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photo, 640×720 | 7.3 KB | 50.1 KB | About 7× larger |
| Text graphic, 560×720 | 9.7 KB | 46.6 KB | About 5× larger |
| Transparent logo, 1696×399 | 13.4 KB | 74.5 KB | About 5.6× larger, background white |
A JPG of the same picture is several times heavier than a well-compressed AVIF, and that is the cost of near-universal acceptance. Even so, the photo at 50.1 KB remained about one-sixth of the 305.7 KB it weighed as PNG, which is why JPG rather than PNG is the practical target for photos.
When not to convert AVIF to JPG
- AVIF logos or graphics with transparent backgrounds. Convert to PNG so the background stays clear.
- HDR photos you want to keep looking bright. JPG cannot hold the extra range, so keep the AVIF for HDR screens.
- Images that only appear on your website. All current browsers show AVIF, and it is much smaller.
- Forms with a tiny KB cap where the JPG ends up too large. Convert first, then use Compress to Size rather than repeatedly re-saving.
AVIF to JPG FAQ
Will the JPG be bigger than the AVIF?
Yes, usually several times. In our test a 7.3 KB AVIF photo became a 50.1 KB JPG. AVIF is the more efficient format; you are converting for compatibility.
What if the AVIF has transparency?
JPG cannot store it, so transparent areas become white. Use the AVIF to PNG converter when transparency matters.
Why does my photo look duller after converting?
Some AVIF photos are HDR, with brighter highlights than a normal image can show. JPG is a standard 8-bit format, so that extra range is compressed into normal brightness. On a regular screen the difference is usually small.