Image converter guides
Practical, no-fluff guides for the image problems everyone actually hits.
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How to convert HEIC to JPG on iPhone
Convert HEIC to JPG on your iPhone in seconds, right in Safari, no extra apps. Free, private, and you can batch-convert your whole photo library.
How to convert HEIC to JPG on Windows
Windows can't always open HEIC photos from iPhone. Convert them to JPG free in your browser, no installs, no uploads, works on Windows 10 and 11.
How to convert HEIC to JPG on Mac
Convert HEIC to JPG on your Mac and batch convert a whole folder of iPhone photos free in Safari or any browser. Private, no apps to install, no uploads.
What is HEIC?
HEIC explained: what it is, why Apple uses it, the pros and cons against JPG, and how to convert HEIC to JPG free when an app or website won't accept it.
How to batch convert images online
Convert hundreds of images at once. HEIC, PNG, WebP and AVIF to JPG, free in your browser. No uploads, up to 200 files per batch, one ZIP download at the end.
What is WebP?
WebP explained: what it is, why Google made it, how it compares to JPG and PNG, and how to convert a WebP file free when an app or site won't accept it.
What is AVIF?
AVIF explained: what it is, why it exists, how it compares to WebP, JPG and HEIC, and how to convert an AVIF file free when an app or site won't open it.
How to compress an image without losing quality
How to shrink a photo's file size while keeping it looking sharp: quality settings, resolution, format choice, and hitting an exact target size.
How to remove the background from a photo
Cut a subject out onto a transparent background in your browser, free and unlimited. How automatic background removal works and how to get a clean edge.
How to blur a face or license plate in a photo
Redact a face, plate or address in a photo before you share it, solid fill or pixelation, done in your browser and actually irreversible, unlike a soft blur.
How to check a photo's EXIF metadata
See what a photo's EXIF metadata actually reveals, camera settings, timestamps and GPS location, and how to check or remove it before you share.
How to add text to a photo
Add a caption to a photo with white or black outlined text in one of nine positions. Free, done entirely in your browser, and your photo is never uploaded.
How to watermark your photos
Stamp a batch of photos with text or your own logo, positioned and semi-transparent. Free, done entirely in your browser, with nothing uploaded anywhere.
How to crop, rotate or straighten a photo
Fix a sideways photo, straighten a crooked horizon, or crop down to one part of the frame. Free, all in your browser, and your photo is never uploaded.
How to upscale an image without blur
Enlarge a small image 2× or 4× without the usual blur, and learn when to use AI and when to use Lanczos3. Free, in your browser, nothing uploaded.
How to convert an image to SVG
Trace a logo, icon or flat graphic into a scalable SVG free in your browser, and learn why a photo won't trace the same way. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Which guide do you need?
Most people land here with one of three problems. If your iPhone photos will not open on a Windows PC or upload to a website, they are HEIC files and you want the iPhone, Windows or Mac guide, depending on where the photos are right now. If you are not sure what HEIC even is, or why Apple started using it, start with the explainer. If the issue is volume rather than format, a folder of several hundred images that all need the same treatment, the batch guide covers doing the lot in one pass.
How these guides work
Every method described here runs in your browser. The converter on this site decodes and re-encodes each image locally using WebAssembly, so your files are never sent to a server, never queued for processing, and never stored. There is no account to create, no file-size ceiling imposed by an upload limit, and no watermark on the result. You can prove it: disconnect from the network after the page loads and the converter still works, because the service worker has already cached everything it needs.
Where a guide describes a built-in operating-system feature instead, Preview on macOS, Photos on Windows, the iPhone camera setting, it says so plainly and tells you when that route is the better one. The aim is to solve the problem, not to send you through this site for its own sake.
Start converting
If you already know the conversion you need, skip the reading: HEIC to JPG, HEIC to PNG, WebP to JPG, PNG to JPG, JPG to PDF and SVG to PNG are the ones people reach for most, and the full list of converters covers the rest. The no-upload explainer shows exactly how the on-device processing is verified.