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APNG to PNG converter

Convert APNG to PNG in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.

I want PNG
90%
Icon sizes
How to make the SVG

Tracing suits logos, icons and flat artwork and scales cleanly. Photos are better kept as pixels inside the SVG.

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50%
Dither Scatters black dots to suggest gray, instead of a hard cut-off.
Advanced 5
Keep the animation For animated GIF, WebP and APNG sources. Turn off to save just the first frame.
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Mirror vertically

For an exact width and height, use the Resize Image tool instead.

Bytes of your files sent anywhere: 0 B

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Read more about the APNG format and the PNG format, or see every image tool and all image conversions.

Should you convert APNG to PNG?

A safe conversion when PNG is what you need: both APNG and PNG keep every pixel, so the picture itself doesn’t change.

PNG is also the more widely supported of the two: it opens everywhere, while APNG is opens in current browsers and apps.

APNG is a PNG that animates, with full color and soft transparency; PNG is a lossless image format with full transparency. Use PNG for screenshots, interface graphics, logos and anything with transparency or lettering, and as the working copy of an image you are still editing.

APNG and PNG compared
Property APNG PNG
Compression Lossless Lossless
Transparency Yes Yes
Animation Yes No
Support Opens in current browsers and apps Opens everywhere
Best for Animations that need more than GIF’s 256 colors or smooth transparent edges Screenshots, logos, diagrams and anything with text or a transparent background
Introduced 2008 1996

How to convert APNG to PNG

  1. 01

    Add your APNG

    Drop your APNG image onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.

  2. 02

    Check the settings

    The output is already set to PNG. Change the quality if you want to; the defaults suit most files.

  3. 03

    Save the PNG

    Press convert and save the PNG. Several files come back together as a ZIP.

What changes when APNG becomes PNG

Nothing is discarded

APNG and PNG both keep every pixel, so the picture survives the move intact. You can convert back and forth as often as you like without it degrading.

Transparency is kept

APNG and PNG both support transparency, so transparent backgrounds and soft edges come through unchanged.

Animations become a still

PNG can’t move, so an animated APNG is saved as its first frame. Choose GIF or APNG instead to keep the animation.

The size stays about the same

APNG and PNG are close in size for the same content, so do this for compatibility rather than to save space. APNG: Larger than a GIF of the same animation, but in full color. PNG: A 12-megapixel photo is often 12–20 MB; a screenshot is usually 100 KB–1 MB.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of APNG and PNG, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.

Why it doesn’t upload

Changing a picture’s format is work your browser already knows how to do. Sending your photos to a server first only adds waiting and risk, so nothing is sent.

How to check for yourself

Worth knowing

  • About the APNG. An APNG usually still ends in .png, so an upload form or editor treats it as a still picture and the animation silently disappears.
  • About the PNG. Photographs saved as PNG balloon in size. A holiday photo that is 3 MB as JPG can be 15 MB as PNG, because lossless compression can do very little with the fine grain of a real photograph.
  • DDS, PSD, EXR, XWD and JPEG 2000 are read by the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Will converting APNG to PNG lose quality?

No. APNG and PNG are both lossless, so every pixel is kept.

Will the PNG be smaller than the APNG?

The size stays about the same. APNG and PNG are close in size for the same content, so do this for compatibility rather than to save space. APNG: Larger than a GIF of the same animation, but in full color. PNG: A 12-megapixel photo is often 12–20 MB; a screenshot is usually 100 KB–1 MB.

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