HEIC to PNG Converter - Free, Lossless Decoding
HEIC to PNG Converter
Maximum file size: 20 MB
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About Converting HEIC to PNG
Before anything else: if you only need the photo to open on a PC, in an email or in an upload form, convert it to JPG instead. The result will look identical and the file will be a fraction of the size. PNG is the right answer to a narrower question — one about editing, or about a program that refuses to accept anything else.
How to convert HEIC to PNG
- 1 Drop your .heic or .heif photo onto the upload area.
- 2 Press Convert — there is nothing to configure, because PNG is lossless.
- 3 Download the PNG. Check the size before you commit — it will be far larger than the HEIC.
Lossless decoding, but nothing is recovered
We decode the HEIC to a lossless intermediate before writing the PNG, so the result carries exactly the pixels Apple’s encoder produced — no extra compression step slipped in between. That is a real technical difference, and it is worth knowing that many converters skip it. But it changes nothing about the photo itself: HEIC is a lossy format, so the detail it discarded when the shutter fired is gone for good. Lossless here means nothing further is lost, not that anything comes back.
When PNG is the right call
Three situations justify the size. First, editing: if you are going to crop, retouch and re-save several times, PNG stops each save from adding fresh compression damage. Second, software that demands it — some design tools, print templates and upload forms accept nothing else. Third, cut-out work: you need a format with an alpha channel before you can erase a background, and PNG is the standard choice. Outside those cases, JPG will serve you better.
Expect a very large file
A 2 MB HEIC photo commonly becomes a 20 to 30 MB PNG. HEIC is one of the most efficient photo formats ever shipped; PNG stores every pixel individually and was designed in the 1990s for graphics, not photographs. The two sit at opposite ends of the scale, which is why this particular conversion produces the biggest jump in size of any pair on this site. It will also not give you transparency: a converted photo is fully opaque, ready to be edited but not cut out.