PNG is a short form for Portable Network Graphics. It is used for lossless image compression, which minimizes the loss of image data during compression. It supports a wide range of colors such as grayscale, indexed color, and true color which are crucial in high-quality digital image display. Due to its accessibility across all the image editing software and web browsers, PNG is one of the most popular formats with a wide range of applications.
JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Expert Group. It is known for its ability to reduce an image's file size while maintaining a reasonable level of quality, making it easier to share and store digital images. This is achieved through a lossy compression process, which discards some of the data in the original image. JPEG is famous for photographs and web graphics because it balances file size and image quality. JPEG is not ideal for images requiring transparency because it does not support transparency.
To convert files from PNG to JPEG use an online tool that supports mass conversion, like Convertjack. Such a tool transforms single or bulk images at once to save time.
Go to Choose File, and select any PNG photos you want to convert. If you want to do a bulk conversion, click Choose File and select all the PNG pics you want to convert.
After uploading the PNG image, click the “Select Format” button at the center. A drop-down menu will pop up; select JPEG.
On the bottom right corner of the display, click the “Convert” button. Your converted JPEG file will be ready for download.
Click the “Download” button on the right side of the JPEG file, and the converted image will be downloaded. If you convert multiple files, each file will have a “Download all” button in front of it, and you can click each button to download all the converted files.
To save a PNG file as a JPEG file, you first convert it to JPEG and then download it.
Instead of converting a file manually from PNG to JPEG, use an online tool like Convertjack to convert the file without losing any details.
After converting the PNG file, Download the JPEG file and save it in the default folder for all your downloads on the desktop or mobile.
One of the advantages of JPEG is that it is compatible with a wide range of web browsers and can significantly reduce file sizes through lossy compression, making it ideal for photographs and images where smaller file sizes are crucial for faster website loading times. The disadvantage of PNG is that it uses lossless compression, which preserves image quality but can result in larger file sizes, especially for images with complex details. This could increase website loading time. Check this PNG to JPEG comparison to determine which image format best suits your intended use.