AVIF to JPG Converter
For web designers, e-commerce store owners, and anyone handing AVIF web images off to a designer, platforms, or print shops that still expect JPG.
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Accepts .AVIF · Up to 1,000 files
AVIF is excellent for the web but doesn’t have universal compatibility. JPG is the format that still plays everywhere — CMS uploads, email, print labs, and older devices. Convert your AVIFs to JPG without uploading a single file to a server.
How it works
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Everything runs in your browser via WebAssembly. AVIF to JPG Converter happens locally — no server involved.
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What is an AVIF file?
The AVIF (or AV1 Image File) format is one of the newer image formats released. This format was developed in 2019 by a group of tech companies called the Alliance for Open Media (so think companies like Google, Apple, Netflix, Amazon, etc.)
It was built for one reason: to encode photos more efficiently than legacy formats like JPG, delivering photos that look as good as a JPG while being 50 to 90% smaller. It’s more versatile, as it supports full alpha transparency, HDR, a wider color gamut, and even short animations (like GIF) in a single modern format.
AVIF is best for:
- High-quality photographs encoded in a much smaller file size
- Graphic images (like logos or icons) that need a transparent background
- Images that support more colors for newer screens (this supports HDR)
- Short animations (like an animated GIF, but much smaller)
AVIF isn’t good for:
- Older browsers used on older computers, phones, or laptops
- Workflows that require users to save files quickly (since AVIF will take longer to encode)
- Sending photos to email or print shops or using software that doesn’t support the AVIF format
What is a JPG file?
The JPG format is one of the oldest and most recognizable image formats used since it has near-universal compatibility. It was developed in 1992 by the Joint Photographic Experts Group (aka JPEG), and today nearly every smartphone, camera, software, CMS, email client, operating system, and print lab accepts it without any special software needed.
However, this isn’t the most efficient format since it uses lossy compression that throws away tiny image details that your eyes won’t notice. But the universal compatibility is why it hasn’t become obsolete. Open any image editor, browser, CMS, or any tool; chances are it accepts JPG.
JPG is best for:
- Photographs of people, landscapes, or products
- Photos you want to send via email, messenger, or upload to social media
- Handing off design work to platforms, clients, or print shops that don’t support newer formats
- Any workflow where compatibility matters more than file size
JPG isn’t good for:
- Any graphic that requires sharp lines, like screenshots, logos, or icons
- Any image that requires a transparent background
- Screenshots that display a lot of text
Why convert an AVIF to a JPG?
The main reason to convert AVIF to JPG is compatibility. AVIF was created as a web-delivery format, meaning it’s meant to be used on a website. Unfortunately, outside of displaying images in a web browser, the cracks show up. AVIF may not be compatible with your client’s CMS software. The print shop you sent the image to may not accept AVIF for printing brochures without an extension. That email attachment may show up as a broken thumbnail on someone’s old phone.
Converting to JPG trades a bit of file size for a format that works everywhere.
You’ll want to convert AVIF to JPG when:
- Uploading to a CMS, marketplace, or client portal that rejects AVIF
- Sending photos to a print lab or photo book service
- Attaching images in an email, especially for recipients on older devices
- Importing into older design, office, or editing software
- Sharing with anyone who uses a legacy browser or OS
You wouldn’t want to convert AVIF to JPG when:
- You’re uploading photos to a website
- You’re archiving originals — don’t re-compress a lossy source into another lossy format
- You need transparency or HDR — JPG strips both
Frequently asked questions
No. Conversion runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. Your files never leave your device. ConvertYard's servers only deliver the tool's code; they never see your images.
AVIF has growing browser support, and it was built for this purpose - smaller images without losing the quality of high-resolution photos. However, older software, CMS platforms, email clients, and print shops often don’t support this format. JPG is a universally accepted format, so you can send it to anyone and they won’t have issues opening it. If you’re sending an image, for example, to an iPhone or Mac user, you may want to convert it to JPG first to ensure that they won’t have any issues opening that photo.
AVIF supports HDR, wide color gamut (Display P3), and transparency — none of these survive in JPG. HDR content gets tone-mapped to standard range, transparency is filled with white, and wide-gamut colors are clipped to sRGB. For standard sRGB web images, the output is visually identical at quality 90.
Yes, expect quality loss when saving to JPG, especially at lower quality settings. However, at quality 90, the difference isn’t noticeable. If you’re converting AVIF to JPG and back to AVIF, each conversion compounds the quality loss.
Take note that iPhone’s default is to save photos in HEIC format, not AVIF. So if you’re converting iPhone photos, you’ll need to use the HEIC-to-JPG converter instead of this. AVIF is a purpose-built web-delivery format made for browsers and not a camera capture format.