Convert AVIF to JPG
You convert an AVIF to JPG by dropping the .avif file into the converter above and clicking Convert to JPG. Decoding happens via WebAssembly on your own machine, so the file is never sent across the internet.
Drop your AVIF here
It becomes a JPG right in your browser, up to 100 MB
Your file never leaves your device
Why convert AVIF to JPG?
AVIF arrives faster than the world can read it: browsers ship it, so saved images and CDN downloads increasingly carry the .avif extension, while photo editors, viewers, office suites and upload forms lag years behind. Converting to JPG is the escape hatch that makes the image usable everywhere immediately. It is the right call for sharing with non-technical recipients, attaching to documents, or feeding tools that predate the format. JPG gives up some of AVIF's elegance for the one thing AVIF lacks: universality.
What is AVIF?
AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) is the newest mainstream image format, published by the Alliance for Open Media in 2019 on top of the royalty-free AV1 codec. It delivers the strongest compression of any widely deployed format, especially at low and medium quality, and adds an alpha channel, HDR and 10/12-bit color. Browser support landed in Chrome 85, Firefox 93 and Safari 16, but much desktop software still cannot open an .avif file.
What is JPG?
JPG (or JPEG, for the Joint Photographic Experts Group that standardized it in 1992) is the most widely supported image format ever shipped. It uses lossy DCT compression tuned for photographs, which buys small files at the cost of discarding fine detail, and it has no transparency support. Practically everything that can open an image can open a JPG.
Quality and what to expect
Both formats are lossy, so the JPG adds a generation of loss on top of whatever the AVIF encoder removed; at this site's default quality the visible difference is small for ordinary photos. The size will typically grow, since JPG is the older and weaker codec; that is the price of compatibility. AVIF transparency cannot be expressed in JPG and the alpha channel is dropped, not blended, so flatten first when the background matters. HDR or 10-bit AVIF content is tone-mapped down to 8-bit.
AVIF to JPG FAQ
Why will nothing on my computer open this .avif file?
The format is only a few years old and adoption started with browsers, not desktop software. Your OS image viewer may gain support eventually; until then, converting to JPG is the reliable fix.
Will the JPG be bigger than the AVIF?
Usually, often 1.5-3x, because AVIF compresses better than JPG by a generation. You are trading bytes for the ability to open the file absolutely anywhere.
I converted an AVIF with transparency. Where did it go?
JPG has no alpha channel, and the converter discards transparency rather than guessing a background color for you. Convert to PNG instead if you need the transparency kept, or flatten deliberately in an editor before making a JPG.
Do you see the images I convert?
We cannot. The decode and encode run in your browser tab; our server delivers the page and the codec, then is out of the loop. No image bytes appear in any request, which the network tab will confirm.