Convert PNG to JPG: what to know
PNG files are large because they are lossless. When a picture is a photograph, a rendered scene or anything without sharp text, JPG stores it in a fraction of the size with no visible difference. Converting is also the usual fix for upload forms that accept only .jpg. This page converts up to 20 PNG files to JPG at once, privately, with control over quality and transparency.
Transparency: decide what replaces it
JPG has no alpha channel. Any transparent pixels in the PNG have to become a solid colour, and the converter fills them with the background colour you choose — white by default, which suits most documents and web pages. Pick black, a brand colour or a colour matching the page the image will sit on. If you need the transparency to survive, convert to WebP instead.
Choosing a quality
The default of 85 keeps a photo visually identical to the PNG at typically 5–10× smaller. For web use, 75–80 saves a little more with no noticeable change on most screens. Below 60, smooth gradients start to band and edges gain faint halos; use those values only when a strict size limit forces it, or better, send the result to the compressor and let it find the quality that fits a target such as 200 KB.
When you should not convert PNG to JPG
Screenshots with text, diagrams, logos and pixel art look worse as JPG: the lossy encoder blurs sharp edges and introduces colour noise around letters. Keep those as PNG, or try WebP, which handles flat graphics far better than JPG at a similar size.
Images you will keep editing should also stay PNG. Every time a JPG is opened, changed and saved at a lossy quality, a little more detail is lost.
What the converter does
The PNG is decoded, transparent areas are filled, and the pixels are encoded with MozJPEG — the same encoder used by the compressor — which produces smaller files than a browser's built-in JPEG writer. Metadata is not carried over. Each result row shows the before and after size; download files one by one or as a ZIP.
Questions about PNG to JPG
- My PNG has a transparent background — what will the JPG show?
- The background colour you pick, white by default.
- Which quality should I use?
- 85 for general use, 75–80 for web pages, or use the compressor's Target size for an exact limit.
- Will text screenshots look OK as JPG?
- Rarely. Keep PNG or use WebP for anything with sharp text or lines.