AVIF to PAL Converter

Browser-based AVIF to PAL conversion — free to use

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Universal Access

Move from AVIF to PAL to guarantee your images display correctly on older browsers, legacy apps, and any device that lacks AVIF support.

Batch Support

Queue multiple AVIF files and convert them all to PAL at once — saving time when you have many files to process in a single session.

Any Device, Any OS

Run AVIF to PAL conversion on desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Works on every operating system with a modern web browser.

How to convert AVIF to PAL

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose pal or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your pal file right afterwards

About formats

AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) is a modern image format derived from the AV1 video codec, developed by the Alliance for Open Media and specified in February 2019. The format leverages the intra-frame coding tools of AV1 — a royalty-free video codec backed by Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix, and other major technology companies — to compress still images with substantially higher efficiency than JPEG, PNG, or even WebP. AVIF stores images in the HEIF (High Efficiency Image File Format) container, supporting both lossy and lossless compression, HDR (high dynamic range) with wide color gamuts up to 12-bit depth, alpha transparency, and animated sequences. At equivalent visual quality, AVIF files are typically 30-50% smaller than WebP and 50-70% smaller than JPEG, representing the largest compression improvement in mainstream image formats in over a decade. One advantage is exceptional compression efficiency — AVIF delivers visually indistinguishable images at dramatically lower file sizes, directly reducing bandwidth consumption and improving page load times for web content. The royalty-free licensing model provides another key strength: unlike HEIC/HEIF which relies on patent-encumbered HEVC, AVIF's AV1 foundation is free for anyone to implement without licensing fees. Browser support has reached broad adoption, with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge all rendering AVIF natively. The format is rapidly gaining adoption for web images where quality-to-size ratio is paramount.
Initial release: February 8, 2019
PAL is a 16-bit per pixel interleaved YUV image format that stores color information using a luminance-chrominance model rather than direct RGB values. Each pixel pair is packed into four bytes using the UYVY byte ordering — U (Cb), Y0, V (Cr), Y1 — where two adjacent pixels share a single set of chroma (color difference) samples while each retaining its own luminance (brightness) value. This 4:2:2 chroma subsampling halves the color resolution horizontally with negligible perceptual impact, since human vision is far more sensitive to brightness variations than color detail. The format traces its conceptual roots to analog broadcast television standards developed during the 1960s and 1970s, where separating luminance and chrominance enabled backward-compatible color transmission alongside existing monochrome signals. In digital imaging, 16-bit YUV serves as a common intermediate representation for video capture hardware, frame grabbers, and image processing pipelines that work in the YCbCr color space internally before converting to RGB for display. One advantage is bandwidth efficiency: at 16 bits per pixel, UYVY requires roughly two-thirds the data of uncompressed 24-bit RGB while preserving virtually identical perceived quality, making it well suited for high-throughput video capture and real-time image processing applications. The format's direct correspondence to how video hardware captures and outputs data provides another practical benefit — many capture cards and camera sensors natively produce UYVY data, so storing it in PAL form avoids an unnecessary color space conversion step that would add latency and introduce rounding artifacts.
Developer: ITU-T / Microsoft
Initial release: 1982

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert AVIF to PAL?

PAL produces interleaved YUV image data — used in video processing workflows and broadcast-related image handling systems.

How do I open PAL files?

PAL files work with video processing tools, ImageMagick. Check your operating system for built-in viewer support as well.

Can I convert multiple AVIF files at once?

Yes — Convertio supports batch uploads. Queue several AVIF files and convert them all to PAL format in a single session without repeating steps.

What happens to my uploaded files?

Your AVIF files are automatically deleted right after conversion. The resulting PAL files remain available for download for 24 hours, then they are permanently removed.

Does this work on mobile devices?

Yes — the AVIF to PAL converter works in any mobile browser on iOS and Android. No app installation is needed — just open convertio.tools and upload your file.

Can I convert AVIF to PAL for free?

Yes — Convertio offers free AVIF to PAL conversion. For professional volumes and larger files, premium plans provide expanded limits and priority processing.