Can I remove a background without uploading my photo?

Yes. Background removal runs directly on your device, so your photos stay private while you remove or replace backgrounds.

Can I convert HEIC photos to JPG or PNG?

Yes. Convert HEIC photos to JPG or PNG and adjust output quality, dimensions, and other settings.

Can I extract text from an image?

Yes. Image-to-text OCR can recognize text from photos, scans, receipts, and whiteboards, with support for multiple languages.

Do I need to install software to use the image tools?

No. Everything works directly in your browser without desktop software or browser extensions.

Image ToolsFast · Private · Local

Image Optimization & Editing Tools

High-speed image editing, background removal, and compression that runs entirely in your browser.

PDFixel’s image tools allow you to remove backgrounds, compress file sizes, resize pixel dimensions, crop aspect ratios, extract text via OCR, and convert between JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, and iPhone HEIC formats.

Process and optimize photos directly in your browser — no uploads, no cloud delays, and complete privacy. Handle large photo batches quickly with secure, on-device processing.

Image Tools Catalog

Choose a tool to start processing

No uploads required • Processed entirely on your machine

Remove Background

Remove backgrounds from photos of people, products, pets, and objects. Replace with transparency, a solid colour, a gradient, a blur, or your own backdrop photo.

Image to Text

Extract text from images with in-browser OCR in 55 languages. Clean up contrast for scans, receipts and whiteboards, scan a selected area, then edit and export.

JPEG Compressor

Compress JPEG and JPG photos in your browser. Set a quality level or an exact KB target, resize, sharpen or denoise, and strip EXIF metadata.

PNG Compressor

Optimize PNG images. Lower file sizes while preserving background transparency, adjust compression factors, and strip metadata to protect image privacy.

JPEG to PNG

Convert JPEG images to PNG in your browser. Reduce colours, knock out a solid background colour with adjustable tolerance, boost colour, sharpen, denoise and resize.

HEIC to PNG

Convert Apple HEIC photos to PNG. Keep transparency or fill the background (white, black or a custom hex colour), resize the pixel dimensions, and pick how hard the lossless optimiser works.

HEIC to JPG

Convert Apple HEIC photos to JPG. Set the JPEG quality from 20 to 100, resize to custom pixel dimensions, and lock the aspect ratio.

GIF Compressor

Reduce animated GIF file sizes with Gifsicle. Set a lossy budget, limit the palette from 16 to 256 colours, choose the frame-difference optimisation level, and resize the animation.

WebP Compressor

Compress WebP images. Set the quality, aim for a target file size, resize the dimensions, or convert to PNG when you need a lossless copy.

Image Compressor

Compress JPG, PNG and WebP images. Set the quality, aim for a target file size, scale the dimensions, convert between formats, and strip EXIF metadata.

Crop Image

Crop and adjust photos. Select aspect ratios (free, 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 3:2), choose output format (JPG, PNG, WebP), and set compression quality.

Crop PNG

Crop PNG images precisely. Support transparency preservation, choose custom aspect ratios, and adjust output quality compression.

Crop WebP

Crop modern WebP format images. Select aspect ratio presets (free, 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 3:2) and configure output quality variables.

Crop JPG

Crop JPEG/JPG photos. Choose fixed aspect ratio presets, drag selection grids, and configure JPEG quality.

Image Resizer

Resize images to custom width and height in pixels. Maintain aspect ratio locks, choose output format conversions, and configure quality parameters.

Resize PNG

Resize PNG images. Set width and height dimensions, preserve transparent alpha channels, lock aspect ratios, and set quality factors.

Resize JPG

Resize JPEG/JPG photos. Define custom pixel dimensions, lock aspect ratios, and optimize output file compression.

Resize WebP

Resize modern WebP images. Customize width and height pixels, lock aspect ratios, and adjust file size quality.

Use Cases & Workflows

What can you do with Image tools?

Streamline e-commerce photography, web asset preparation, and social media production.

E-Commerce Product Photography

Isolate products, remove distracting photo backgrounds with AI precision, and export clean transparent PNGs for marketplace listings on Amazon, Shopify, or eBay.

Web Asset Optimization & Core Web Vitals

Convert heavy JPGs and PNGs into next-generation WebP format, apply intelligent palette quantization, and reduce payload sizes by up to 80% to boost website page speed.

Apple iPhone Photo Conversion

Convert proprietary Apple HEIC and HEIF photos taken on iPhone and iPad into universal JPG or transparent PNG images compatible with all Windows PCs and Android devices.

Recommended:HEIC to JPG HEIC to PNG

Social Media & Profile Formatting

Crop photos to standard 1:1 square, 4:5 portrait, or 16:9 banner aspect ratios with interactive zoom and grid overlays, then resize to exact pixel specifications.

Recommended:Crop Image Image Resizer

Tool Selection Guide

Choose the right Image tool

Quickly find the specific image optimization, cropping, or conversion tool for your needs.

Your Document Need	Recommended Tool	Key Capability	Action
Remove background from photos and products	Remove Background	AI segmentation extracts crisp transparent foregrounds in seconds.	Open Tool
Compress JPG, PNG, WebP or GIF photos	Image Compressor	Adjustable quality slider with real-time file size savings preview.	Open Tool
Resize photo dimensions by width/height pixels	Image Resizer	Aspect ratio lock, percentage scaling, and high-fidelity resampling.	Open Tool
Crop photo to standard social aspect ratios	Crop Image	Interactive bounding box with 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, and freeform presets.	Open Tool
Extract printed or handwritten text from images	Image to Text (OCR)	Recognizes multilingual text from receipts, whiteboards, and scans.	Open Tool
Convert Apple iPhone HEIC images to JPG	HEIC to JPG	Easily convert iPhone HEIC photos into standard JPG images.	Open Tool
Optimize PNG graphics without losing transparency	PNG Compressor	Reduce PNG file sizes while keeping crisp transparent backgrounds.	Open Tool
Compress next-gen WebP images for web speed	WebP Compressor	Shrink WebP image sizes to speed up website loading.	Open Tool

Architecture-Level Security

Fast Image Optimization with Total Privacy

Process, crop, and compress photos without uploading them to any server.

Personal photos and product images often contain sensitive details like location data and faces. Uploading images to cloud tools can expose private media.

PDFixel processes your images directly on your own device. You get fast compression, background removal, and format conversion without sending photos over the internet.

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