AVIF vs PNG: what changes
Both AVIF and PNG support transparency, so cut-outs, stickers and logos keep their see-through areas. PNG is lossless: it stores exactly the pixels your browser decodes from the AVIF, and saving it again later costs nothing.
Most AVIF files were compressed lossily, and that softness is baked into the picture; PNG preserves it rather than removing it. Expect a file many times larger than the AVIF, in exchange for an image every editor can open.
How to convert AVIF to PNG on any device
Bringing AVIF into an editor
Image editors that predate AVIF can usually import PNG without complaint. Convert first, then place the PNG as a layer with its transparency intact.
Graphics grabbed from web pages
Sites that serve AVIF give you .avif files when you save their logos or illustrations. Drop a batch here and the ZIP keeps each name with a .png extension.
Mobile browsers
On Android, or on iOS 16 and later, tap Choose images and select one or more AVIF files from Files. The PNG or ZIP downloads wherever your browser normally saves files.
Troubleshooting AVIF to PNG
An error says this browser cannot open AVIF
Older browsers have no AVIF decoder at all. Update to a current Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari; on Apple devices, Safari needs macOS Ventura or iOS 16 or newer.
Colors look less vivid than the original
AVIF can store HDR and wide-gamut color, but the PNG made here is 8-bit sRGB. Very bright highlights and saturated colors are mapped into that range, which can look flatter on an HDR screen.
The PNG is enormous
Storing a photograph losslessly takes a lot of space. If you do not need transparency, the AVIF to JPG converter produces a much smaller file.
Color profile and metadata
Only the decoded pixels are written to the PNG. EXIF and XMP fields such as capture date, camera and location are left out, and no color profile is embedded, so the image is stored as sRGB. Soft, partially transparent edges keep their exact alpha values.