Inspect a PNG

Facts appear as soon as you drop a file: pixel size, PNG colour type and bit depth, whether it really uses transparency, DPI, embedded text and profiles, JPEG progressive/subsampling, unique and dominant colours. Press goon to save a report.

PNG

drop it. goon.

drop your images here, or paste them. you know you want to.

stays in your browser. nothing leaves. nothing is watching.

how to inspect a PNG

  1. 1Drop your images.
  2. 2Read the facts right here.
  3. 3press goon for a text or JSON report.

questions

Why does my "transparent" PNG say no transparency?
It has an alpha channel but every pixel is fully opaque. Compressing it as RGB would lose nothing.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The whole tool runs in your browser tab. Files never leave your device.
Is it really private?
Yes. The tool is code that runs in your browser tab. Your PNGs are never sent to a server. Open the network tab and check. Nobody is watching. Goon in peace.

What the panel shows

Pixel size, megapixels and aspect ratio; file size and type; whether the alpha channel is actually used and how much of the image is see-through; the number of unique colours; for PNG the colour type, bit depth, interlacing, palette size, DPI, gamma, colour profile and every chunk and text field; for JPG whether it is progressive, its chroma subsampling, DPI and which metadata blocks are present; and the six dominant colours.

Why it matters

A "transparent" PNG whose alpha is all opaque can be stored as RGB and shrink; a 16-bit PNG from a scanner is twice the size it needs to be; a photo with EXIF still carries its location; a print file at 72 DPI will be printed tiny. The report file lets you keep or share the facts.

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