BriskFile

Convert HEIC to PNG

Drop your HEIC files below. They are converted on your own device and never sent anywhere.

Convert to PNG when the image is text, a screenshot, a document or line art, or when it is going into an editor for further work. It is converted by your own browser here, so the file is never uploaded.

Nothing is uploaded. Your files are read by this page and processed by your own processor. Open the Network tab and watch — you will not see them leave.

HEIC and PNG, and why you would move between them

PNG is the right destination for a HEIC when you care about exact pixels rather than file size — a screenshot of a receipt, a document photographed for an application, a diagram you are about to annotate. Unlike JPEG, PNG is lossless: converting does not add compression artefacts on top of the ones HEIC already introduced.

The catch is size. A 12-megapixel iPhone photo that occupies 2MB as HEIC will typically land somewhere between 15MB and 30MB as PNG, because PNG does not throw away any information at all. For photographs of people and places, that is a bad trade and JPEG is the better answer.

Things that catch people out

  • Expect the file to grow enormously — ten times the original is normal for a photograph. PNG stores every pixel exactly; HEIC does not.
  • PNG has no EXIF orientation flag in common use, so the rotation has to be applied to the pixels during conversion. BriskFile does this; some converters do not, and you get a sideways image with no way to flag it upright.
  • A PNG cannot be re-compressed further without changing pixels. If you need it smaller afterwards, you are looking at reducing the dimensions or moving to JPEG or WebP.

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Questions

Should I use PNG or JPG for iPhone photos?

JPG, in almost every case. PNG is for images with hard edges and flat colour — screenshots, logos, diagrams. For a photograph it produces a much larger file with no visible benefit.

Why is my PNG twenty times bigger than the HEIC?

Because that is the difference between lossless and lossy compression. HEIC discards detail your eye does not notice; PNG keeps every pixel exactly as decoded. Both files look the same on screen.

What BriskFile will not do to you

  • Your files never leave your device

    Every conversion runs in your browser. Open DevTools, watch the Network tab, and you will see no upload — because there is not one.

  • No account, no email, no watermark

    Nothing to sign up for and nothing stamped on your images. There is no step between choosing a file and getting it back.

  • No limits at the download button

    No daily cap, no file counter, no "upgrade to download". If the tool starts a job, it finishes it.

  • Checkable, not just claimed

    Open the Network tab and convert something — nothing goes out. Or load the page, disconnect, and watch it keep working: the tool is already on your machine, and your file never leaves it.