Convert and compress images online. Support for all major formats. 100% browser-based — your images never leave your device.
Convert images between formats instantly. Upload your files, pick the output format, and download. Supports HEIC, JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, and AVIF.
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Reduce image file sizes while preserving quality. Upload, adjust the quality slider, and compress. See real-time savings for every image.
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Extract EXIF metadata from your photos. See camera model, lens, ISO, aperture, shutter speed, GPS coordinates, and more.
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Supports JPEG with embedded EXIF metadata
Images account for the majority of bytes on most web pages. Choosing the right format and compression level is one of the most impactful optimizations you can make for page speed, bandwidth costs, and user experience. This guide covers when to use each major image format and why browser-based conversion tools are the best choice for privacy-conscious users.
JPEG remains the most widely supported image format on the web. It uses lossy compression that discards imperceptible visual data, producing dramatic file size reductions for photographs. At quality 80, a typical JPEG is five to ten times smaller than a raw bitmap with virtually no visible difference. JPEG is ideal for photographs, complex gradients, and any image without transparency. Its only real weakness is that it does not support alpha channels, and repeated editing causes cumulative quality loss.
PNG uses lossless compression, meaning every single pixel is preserved exactly. This makes PNG the gold standard for logos, icons, screenshots, and any graphic with sharp edges, text, or transparency. The trade-off is larger file sizes compared to lossy formats. PNG-8 supports 256 colors and is excellent for simple graphics, while PNG-24 and PNG-32 support full color and alpha transparency respectively.
Developed by Google, WebP supports both lossy and lossless compression, transparency, and even animation. WebP files are typically 25-35% smaller than comparable JPEG or PNG files at equivalent visual quality. All modern browsers now support WebP, making it the recommended default for most web images. The only scenario where you might avoid WebP is when targeting very old browsers or email clients with limited format support.
AVIF is based on the AV1 video codec and offers the most advanced compression available today. AVIF files can be 50% smaller than JPEG at similar quality levels, and even 20% smaller than WebP. It supports HDR, wide color gamuts, transparency, and both lossy and lossless modes. Browser support has expanded rapidly, with Chrome, Firefox, and Safari all supporting AVIF. For forward-looking projects, AVIF delivers the best possible compression ratios.
Lossy compression analyzes an image and removes data that the human eye is least likely to notice, such as subtle color variations in busy areas. The quality slider controls how aggressively data is removed: lower values mean smaller files but more visible artifacts. Lossless compression, by contrast, finds mathematical patterns in the pixel data to encode it more efficiently without any data loss. The Canvas API in modern browsers provides access to both approaches, enabling entirely client-side compression without uploading anything to a server.
Traditional online image tools upload your files to remote servers for processing. This means your personal photos, business documents, and confidential graphics pass through third-party infrastructure. Browser-based tools like this one process everything locally using the HTML5 Canvas API and JavaScript. Your images never leave your device, no data is transmitted over the network, and nothing is stored on any server. This makes client-side tools inherently more private and often faster, since there is no upload or download latency. For teams handling sensitive imagery, browser-based processing is the only responsible choice.
You can convert between JPEG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF. The tool also accepts HEIC, GIF, and BMP as input formats. Your browser's built-in Canvas API handles the conversion, so supported output formats depend on your browser. Chrome and Firefox support all four output formats including AVIF. Safari supports JPEG, PNG, and WebP.
Lossy compression (JPEG, WebP, AVIF) discards some visual data, but at quality 70-80 the difference is virtually imperceptible. PNG compression is always lossless and preserves every pixel exactly. The quality slider lets you find the perfect balance between file size and visual fidelity for your specific use case.
No. All conversion and compression happens entirely in your browser using the HTML5 Canvas API. Your images never leave your device, nothing is transmitted over the network, and no data is stored on any server. This tool works even when you are offline.
For JPEG images with embedded EXIF metadata, the tool reads camera make and model, lens information, ISO, aperture (f-stop), shutter speed, focal length, date taken, GPS coordinates, image dimensions, orientation, color space, and more. For non-JPEG formats, basic information like dimensions, file size, and format are displayed.
There is no hard limit on the number of files or their size. However, very large images (over 50 MB) or large batches may be slower to process depending on your device's available memory and processing power. For best performance, we recommend images under 20 MB each and batches under 50 files.
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