PNG to ICON Convert Online Free PNG to ICON converter

How to convert PNG to ICON?

You can convert PNG files to ICON format in several ways. The most proven option is to download dedicated software that allows you to convert between the PNG and ICON formats. At the bottom you will find a list of software programs that support PNG and ICON files and can also save them in new file formats.

PNG File Type

PNG is an acronym for 'Portable Network Graphic'. PNG is a lossless compression image file format developed to replace the older, GIF file format. When you open up a PNG file, you will see that it looks like any other graphic. The difference between JPEG and PNG files is that the pixel color information is stored in 8 bits per pixel (giving 4 levels of grayscale) rather than 24 bits per pixel (giving 16.7 million levels of grayscale).

ICON File Type

An Icon file is an extension created by the Windows operating system to create shortcuts of various types. These Icons can be used as icons of any website, folder, application or anything else. ICON files are mostly used on Microsoft Windows operating systems. They are named with a .icn extension and not .icon extension because of the limitations on the size of the icon for that specific platform. As ICON files are just shortcuts, they cannot contain any images or other objects that would only take up space in a regular shortcut file.