Tired of uploading screenshots to sketchy online converters just to turn a PNG into a WEBP?
Or SVG files that nothing on Windows will open? Or icons that look fine on the desktop but blurry in the taskbar?
Image Converter fixes all three in one small window. Drop a file, and the converted copy appears in the same folder. Nothing gets uploaded anywhere. 😊
Pick a Format, Drop Your Files
One window, one dropdown, one drop area. That’s the whole interface.
- Choose the target format from the dropdown. It remembers your last choice.
- Drop one file or fifty onto the window, or click Select File
- Click Open Output Folder to see the results, saved next to the originals
A notification tells you how many files converted. If one fails, the error text is copied to your clipboard so you can paste it somewhere useful.
12 Image Formats
| Format | Why you’d use it |
|---|---|
| PNG | Screenshots and graphics, keeps transparency |
| JPG / JPEG | Photos, smaller files than PNG |
| WEBP | Web images, smaller than JPG or PNG |
| AVIF | The newest web format, smallest files |
| ICO | Windows shortcut and program icons |
| SVG (input) | Turn vector logos and icons into any format above |
| GIF, BMP, TIFF, PBM, PGM, PPM | Older and specialty workflows |
Every format converts to every other one, except SVG. SVG goes in, it doesn’t come out.
SVG Files, Drawn the Way Your Browser Draws Them
Most desktop image tools can’t read SVG at all. Image Converter hands it to the Microsoft Edge engine (WebView2), the same one that shows SVGs on web pages.
- Real size: the image comes out at the SVG’s own width and height
- Transparency kept for PNG, WEBP and ICO
- White background for formats without transparency, like JPG and BMP, so see-through areas don’t turn black
If the Edge engine can’t handle a file, FFmpeg gets a try as a backup. The status line at the bottom shows what’s happening.
Real Multi-Size Windows Icons
A proper Windows icon is four images in one file: 256, 48, 32 and 16 pixels. Windows picks the right one for the desktop, the title bar or Alt+Tab.
Most online converters give you a single size, which looks blurry everywhere else.
Why I Built It
I kept hitting the same three jobs:
- A screenshot that needed to be WEBP for a blog post
- An SVG icon that needed to be a PNG thumbnail
- A proper multi-size ICO for a desktop shortcut
Each one needed a different tool, and most wanted me to upload my files. Now it’s one small window on my desktop.
What’s in the Download
- ImageConverter.ahk: the AutoHotkey v2 script you run
- lib folder: the WebView2, GDI+, NotifyV2 and ScriptObject libraries, plus the WebView2 loader files
- docs folder: a user guide in HTML and PDF
Get Image Converter
Image Converter is $4.99. Full source included.
Pick a format, drop your files, done. ⚡
Joe
