Convert an iPhone HEIC photo to PNG. PNG is lossless and large, and location data isn't copied.
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Decodes a HEIC photo in your browser (using the heic2any library) and saves its first image as a PNG at full pixel size. PNG is lossless but much bigger than HEIC: a 294 KB, 1440×960 test photo became a 3.5 MB PNG.
The HEIC is not uploaded, and metadata such as location data is not copied into the PNG.
iPhones have saved photos as HEIC by default since iOS 11. For sharing or uploading, HEIC to JPG gives a far smaller file; PNG suits editing, archive copies, and screenshots saved as HEIC.
Select a .heic or .heif photo from your device.
The first image in the file is decoded in your browser and saved as a PNG at full pixel size.
The preview shows the PNG; browsers can't display the HEIC itself.
Save the file. It is named like IMG_1234_converted_codittools.png.
Convert once, then open the PNG in the editor. Each save of the PNG is lossless.
Make a PNG master of an important photo, knowing the file will be several times larger than the HEIC.
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photo.heic - 1440×960, 294 KBResult
photo_converted_codittools.png - 1440×960, 3.5 MBRoughly twelve times larger. A second test photo went from 718 KB as HEIC to 2.3 MB as PNG.
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PNG files of photos are large - a 294 KB HEIC became a 3.5 MB PNG in a test. To share or upload a photo, HEIC to JPG gives a much smaller file.
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iPhone photos have no transparency, so the PNG is opaque. To cut out the background, use the Background Remover on the PNG.
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Only the still image is converted; the short video part of a Live Photo is not.
AirDrop to a Mac, iCloud Photos, or a cable import with Settings > Photos > Transfer to Mac or PC set to Keep Originals all keep the HEIC. With Automatic, the iPhone may already convert photos to JPEG during the transfer.
This page converts one photo at a time. The Bulk Image Converter takes a batch of HEIC photos and returns the PNGs in one ZIP file.
Because metadata isn't copied, keep the original if you want the date, camera or location information.
PNG's lossless compression is far less compact than HEIC's.
A file that holds several images, such as a burst, gives you the first one only.
The PNG is an ordinary 8-bit image, so any extra bit depth in the HEIC is not carried over.
The PNG is opaque, lossless and large, and location data is not copied. These answers deal with Live Photos, bursts and converting a batch of iPhone photos.
Copy the HEIC photo from your iPhone to the computer you are using - by AirDrop, iCloud Photos or a cable - then choose it here, wait for the preview and download the PNG. It stays the same width and height, and nothing is uploaded. If the copied file already ends in .jpg, the iPhone converted it during the transfer; use JPG to PNG instead.
iPhone photos and screenshots don't contain transparency, so the PNG is opaque, just like the source. There is nothing to preserve.
Only the first image in the file becomes a PNG. The extra frames of a Live Photo, or the other shots of a burst, are dropped.
No. Only the pixels are written to the new PNG, so GPS coordinates, camera model and capture date are gone. That helps if you don't want to share where a photo was taken, and means you should keep the HEIC if you need those details.
Not on this page, which takes one photo per run. The Bulk Image Converter accepts a whole batch of HEIC photos and returns PNGs in one ZIP.
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