Convert HEIC to PNG
This tool converts HEIC photos to PNG. PNG stores every pixel exactly as it was decoded, so nothing is thrown away a second time. The files are considerably larger than a JPG, which is the price of that. The conversion runs in your browser, and your photo is never uploaded.
Runs in your browser
Drop an image here
HEIC, up to 50 MB
How it works
- 1 Choose a HEIC photo.
- 2 GRID16 converts the photo to PNG in your browser.
- 3 Download the PNG.
Questions
- Why PNG instead of JPG?
- Because PNG keeps what the decoder produced, pixel for pixel. Choose it when the image will be edited again, or when it has transparent areas; choose JPG when the file size matters more.
- Why is the PNG so much larger than the HEIC?
- HEIC compresses a photograph by throwing away detail you are unlikely to see. PNG throws nothing away, so a photo can easily grow several times over. That is the format working as intended, not a fault.
- Do the colors change?
- They should not. An iPhone photo is usually in a wider color space than sRGB, and GRID16 converts it properly instead of reinterpreting the numbers.
- Is my photo uploaded to a server?
- No. The conversion happens in your browser; the file never leaves your device.