How to convert SVG to PNG and TIFF or AVIF to JPG

Why convert these formats

SVG, TIFF and AVIF are great in the right place and a headache outside it. SVG is a vector drawing, text that describes lines and shapes, and many apps cannot display it as an image; converting it to PNG produces pixels that open anywhere, with the transparent background preserved. TIFF and AVIF, on the other hand, are formats most viewers, websites and messaging apps do not recognize; turning them into JPG makes the image open where before you only got an error. Both conversions run in your browser, with a single button and no settings to configure.

How to convert SVG to PNG (and keep the transparent background)

SVG stores the drawing as instructions, not pixels: that is why it scales without blur, but not every program opens it. Converting means "flattening" that vector onto a grid of pixels: the result is a PNG that opens in the system viewer, uploads to forms and goes into any editor, keeping the original's transparent background. To keep the PNG sharp, the tool renders it at twice the width and height declared in the SVG: a 200 × 200 icon becomes a 400 × 400 PNG. If the SVG declares no size at all, the PNG comes out at 1024 × 1024.

1. Open the SVG to PNG tool.
2. Upload the .svg file: one or several at once.
3. Click "Convert and download" (or "Convert N images"). There are no options: the PNG comes out lossless, with the transparent background preserved, at twice the size declared in the SVG, with the original name and the .png extension.

How to convert TIFF or AVIF to JPG

TIFF is common in scans, professional cameras and print; AVIF is a new, very efficient format that still does not open everywhere. When you receive one of those and nothing can display it, converting to JPG fixes it on the spot: JPG has been understood by practically every device, website and app for decades. The tool accepts .tiff, .tif and .avif, and the JPG comes out at 92% quality: the difference does not show on screen. Where there was transparency, the JPG paints white, because the format does not store a transparent background.

1. Open the TIFF/AVIF to JPG tool.
2. Upload the .tiff, .tif or .avif file: one or several at once.
3. Click "Convert and download" (or "Convert N images"). Each image downloads as a separate file, with the original name and the .jpg extension.

Limits you need to know

• Multi-page TIFF (common in document scans): only the first page becomes a JPG. For the others, split them in another program first.
• AVIF depends on the browser: the browser itself opens the file, and the tool only saves the result. If it cannot read AVIF, you get "Could not convert the image": use a recent version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari.
• TIFF is read by the site's own routine, so it does not depend on the browser; very large files, however, depend on its memory.
• Transparency in the TIFF or AVIF becomes a white background in the JPG. If you must keep transparency, converting the resulting JPG will not bring it back: the data is already gone; use another output format in another program.
• The PNG made from the SVG always comes out at twice the declared size. If you need an exact size, adjust the size in the SVG itself first (or resize the PNG afterwards in an editor).
• Hidden data (location, device, date) does not come along in either conversion.
• An SVG that uses a font or image from outside the file: those parts are not loaded during conversion, and the PNG may come out with a different typeface or without the image. Prefer an SVG with everything embedded.

Need the SVG as JPG, or the TIFF as PNG?

Both tools have a fixed output: SVG becomes PNG, and TIFF or AVIF become JPG. If the destination asks for another format, do it in two steps: convert here first, then run the result through the change image format tool, which switches between PNG, JPG, WebP and GIF. That way an SVG logo becomes a white-background JPG for a form that only accepts JPG, and a TIFF scan becomes a lossless PNG for editing. The outputs and limits of that second step are in how to convert an image format.

Common mistakes

• Renaming the file from .tif to .jpg: that converts nothing; the program still cannot open it. It has to be converted for real.
• Expecting the PNG from the SVG to stay sharp at any size: PNG is made of pixels and blurs when enlarged too much. If you need a big version, raise the size declared in the SVG before converting.
• Uploading a 30-page TIFF and thinking 29 pages vanished: the tool only converts the first one. Split the pages first.
• Trying to convert AVIF in an old browser: the failure comes from the browser, not the file. Update it or switch browsers.

The conversions happen entirely in your browser: the files are processed on your own device and are never sent to any server.

Limit: up to 2 GB per file, with no limit on how many. With very large scans, what can run out is the browser's memory: convert one at a time.

In short: if the problem is a vector that will not become an image, use SVG to PNG and get transparency and sharpness; if the problem is a TIFF or AVIF nobody opens, use TIFF/AVIF to JPG and make sure the image shows up anywhere. For any other output format, chain it with the image format converter. If the SVG's destination is a PDF rather than an image, see how to convert CBZ and SVG to PDF.