HEIC to PNG, explained
Save an HEIC photo as PNG for editing without adding a JPEG compression step. Native HEIC decoding must work on your device first; the PNG is a raster copy, not a replacement for the complete camera original.
Open one HEIC and confirm its preview before adding more photos.
Keep PNG selected; no lossy quality control is needed.
Download the PNG and compare its appearance and storage size.
Why choose PNG for an iPhone photo?
PNG is useful when an editor asks for it or when you want to avoid another lossy encode during handoff. A photograph may become much larger. For an email attachment that accepts JPEG, HEIC to JPG is often a more practical route.
Native decoding comes first
This tool uses your browser and operating system to read HEIC. It has no fallback HEIC decoder. If the preview fails, export from a local application that already opens the photo; selecting PNG cannot fix a missing decoder.
Lossless encoding has a limited meaning
PNG encodes the decoded raster without JPEG-style loss. It cannot undo compression in the HEIC or preserve every aspect of its HDR, original bit depth or embedded color profile. Inspect important color work in a suitable photo editor.
A PNG does not create a cutout
Opaque photo backgrounds remain opaque. PNG supports transparency, but changing the container does not remove a background, isolate a person or recover a depth map. Those are separate editing operations.
Keep the camera original
The output does not copy EXIF, GPS, Live Photo motion or photo-library edits. Photos above 24 megapixels must be reduced elsewhere first, even if their compressed file is below 64 MB.