AVI to PNG converter
Save AVI video frames as PNG images, free. One per second, every frame or a single thumbnail. No upload, no sign-up.
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Quick answer: To save frames from AVI video as PNG images, add the AVI file to the iHateFiles AVI to PNG converter and press Convert. The conversion runs in your browser, so the file is never uploaded, and it is free with no sign-up, watermark or size limit. Saves frames from the video as PNG stills. One a second, every single frame, or a single thumbnail.
Should you convert AVI to PNG?
Worth doing when you need a specific moment out of an AVI as a picture: a thumbnail, a still for a document, or frames to work with individually as PNG files.
Pulling stills out of AVI
Every second of AVI holds twenty-five or more separate pictures. This writes them out as PNG files, either all of them or at an interval you set, which is why a short clip can produce a great many stills.
PNG keeps each frame exactly
PNG stores each frame without further loss, so what you get is precisely what the AVI decoder produced. At 1080p that is 2 to 4 MB per frame, so every frame of a minute of video can run past a gigabyte. One per second is usually what people want.
AVI and PNG side by side
| AVI | PNG | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the file | Xvid, DivX or older codecs with MP3 sound | PNG image |
| Compression | Lossy | Lossless |
| Carries sound | Yes | No |
| Plays on | Windows Media Player, VLC and old DVD players with DivX support | Needs converting first |
| Here | Read and write | Read and write |
What usually goes wrong
About the AVI. Audio drifting out of sync partway through an AVI is common, because the container assumes a fixed frame rate that the source did not actually have. Re-encoding to MP4 corrects the timing.
About the PNG. People save photographs as PNG and wonder why an email bounces. A photo that is 400 KB as a JPG is routinely 4 MB as a PNG, because lossless compression cannot do much with the noise in a real photograph.
How to convert AVI to PNG
- Add your AVI file. It is read from your disk and stays there.
- Check the settings. The output format is already set to PNG.
- Press convert and the PNG file is saved back to your device.
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Questions
How do I convert AVI to PNG?
Open this page, add your AVI file, and press convert. The file is decoded and re-encoded by your own browser and saved back to your device. Nothing is uploaded.
Is this AVI to PNG converter free?
Yes, completely. There is no account, no sign-in, no watermark and no daily limit, because there is no server doing the work. Your own device does it.
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
No. There is no upload endpoint. The conversion runs inside this browser tab, so your file never leaves your device. You can open your browser's network panel and watch: nothing carrying your file is sent.
Is there a file size limit?
No fixed limit. Because the work happens on your machine there is no server quota. The only ceiling is your own device's memory, which for video means very large files may be slow.
Will converting to PNG lose quality?
PNG is lossless, so this step throws nothing away. If the original was already a lossy format, the damage it did cannot be undone, but nothing further is lost.
Can I convert several AVI files at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like and they are converted one after another, then offered as a single ZIP.