Photos saved as PNG are often several times larger than they need to be. JPEG compresses photographic detail far more efficiently, making images quicker to upload, email and load on websites.
Size, page, duration and dimension limits are shown in the converter above and checked again by our server.
JPEG is lossy, so there is a small, usually invisible, loss of detail. Results depend on the image content.
Yes. We inspect the file's contents, not just its name, and the server verifies it again before converting. Renamed files that are not really PNG are rejected.
JPEG has no transparency, so transparent areas are filled with a solid background colour.
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