AVIF delivers tiny, high-quality web images, but support outside browsers is still catching up — many editors, office apps, and print tools can't open it. Converting AVIF to PNG gives you a lossless, universally editable file with transparency preserved, ready for any workflow.
| File type | AVIF | PNG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVIF web photo (1920×1080) | 140 KB | 1.5 MB | Larger — lossless & editable |
| AVIF graphic with transparency | 60 KB | 520 KB | Larger — transparency intact |
| AVIF illustration | 95 KB | 880 KB | Larger — no further loss |
Saved an AVIF image and your editor won't open it? Convert to PNG to work with it in any app.
PowerPoint, Keynote, and Word don't reliably support AVIF. Convert to PNG to embed images safely.
When you need a clean alpha channel for compositing or design, PNG is the dependable, widely supported format.
For assets you may re-edit, PNG preserves quality without the loss of repeatedly re-saving a lossy format.
Download and open Picmal on your Mac.
Drag and drop your AVIF files or entire folders into Picmal.
Choose PNG as the output format and click Convert.
AV1 Image File Format
Next-generation image format based on the royalty-free AV1 video codec developed by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia). Netflix's 2020 research showed AVIF achieves 50% better compression than JPEG at equivalent perceptual quality.
Best for
Web performance optimization and modern websites
Portable Network Graphics
Lossless image format standardized as ISO/IEC 15948 and maintained as a W3C Recommendation. PNG supports full alpha transparency and is the preferred format for graphics, screenshots, and images requiring sharp edges.
Best for
Screenshots, logos, graphics with transparency
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Open Picmal, drag your AVIF files into the window, select PNG as the output format, and click Convert. The PNG output is lossless and keeps any transparency.
AVIF is a newer format. Modern browsers support it, but many desktop editors, Office apps, and older software don't yet. PNG opens virtually everywhere, which is why converting helps.
Yes. AVIF and PNG both support alpha transparency, so transparent regions carry over without a white background being introduced.
Yes — often several times larger, because AVIF is one of the most efficient formats and PNG is lossless. You trade file size for universal compatibility and lossless editing.
Use PNG for lossless quality, transparency, or images you'll edit. Use JPG when you just need a small, shareable photo and don't need transparency.
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If you don't need to change formats, Picmal can also compress your files to reduce size:
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