HEIC to JPG converter
Convert a HEIC into a JPG right here on the page. HEIC is what an iPhone saves photos as by default. One thing to know first: anything see-through in the HEIC comes out on a solid background, white unless you choose another colour. Your file never leaves your computer.
How to convert HEIC to JPG
- 1 Drop your HEIC .heic or .heif file onto the page, or click to browse for it.
- 2 Set the quality, or leave the default, which keeps the file small without anything showing.
- 3 Convert. The work happens on your own machine, so how long it takes depends on your computer and the file.
- 4 Download the JPG, or add more files and do the whole set in one go.
Why convert HEIC to JPG
- A HEIC will not open in a browser, so anything going onto a web page, into a document or into a message has to become a JPG first.
- You are sending this somewhere that will not keep a transparent background anyway, so putting it on a solid colour costs you nothing.
- Very small files for photos, at a quality that still looks good.
- Opens instantly on virtually every device ever made.
- Photos straight off a camera, which saves JPG by default.
HEIC compared with JPG
How the two formats differ on the things that decide whether a conversion is worth making.
| Property | HEIC | JPG |
|---|---|---|
| File extension | .heic | .jpg |
| Transparency | Yes | No |
| Animation | Yes | No |
| Colour depth | Up to 10 bits per channel | 8 bits per channel, 24-bit colour |
| Browser support | Some browsers | Every browser |
| Introduced | 2015 | 1992 |
| Developed by | MPEG / Apple | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
Quality and what changes
Both formats are lossy, so this is a second generation of compression: the HEIC is decoded back to pixels that already carry its artefacts, and JPG then compresses that. The damage compounds rather than cancelling out, which is why repeated round trips visibly degrade an image. Encode at a higher quality than the source used, and convert once from the best copy you have rather than from an already converted file.
- HEIC files can be read here but not created, so conversions run one way only.
- Anything see-through comes out on a solid background, white unless you choose another colour.
- Only the first frame of an animated HEIC is kept.
- HEIC files with a depth map or Live Photo data keep only the main still image.
- One JPG limitation to keep in mind: visible blocking and ringing artefacts around sharp edges and text.
Questions about HEIC to JPG
Will I lose transparency converting HEIC to JPG?
Yes. A JPG cannot hold transparency, so anything see-through comes out on a solid colour, white unless you choose another. If the transparency matters, convert to PNG or WebP instead, and only flatten once you know what the image will sit on.
What happens to an animated HEIC?
JPG holds a single image, so only one frame survives, normally the first. If you need the motion, convert to a format that keeps it such as MP4, WebM or WebP rather than to JPG.
Will converting HEIC to JPG lose quality?
A little. Both formats are lossy, so the file is decoded and compressed a second time and the two sets of artefacts add up. At a high quality setting the difference is hard to see, but avoid repeated round trips between lossy formats.
Is my HEIC file uploaded anywhere?
No. The whole thing runs inside the browser tab you already have open. Your HEIC is read straight from your own disk, converted on your machine and handed back as a JPG. Nothing is sent anywhere, nothing is stored and there is no account.
Is there a file size limit?
There is no server-side limit because no server sees the file. The real ceiling is your device memory, since the input and the output both have to fit in the tab. A few hundred megabytes is usually fine on a desktop machine and considerably less on a phone.
Can I convert several HEIC files at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like and they are processed one after another, then offered as separate JPG downloads or as a single ZIP. Speed depends on your own processor rather than on a queue.
Does the converter work offline?
Yes, after the page has loaded once. The engine is cached by the browser, so you can disconnect, reload and keep converting. That falls out of doing the work locally rather than being a separate mode you switch on.