LanguagePNG
Portable Network Graphic file
File type: Internet related file, Bitmap image file
Files with png extensions are commonly used for Portable Network Graphic files. PNG is a bitmap image mainly used on web pages.
Found 3 different file type records with the same png filename suffix.
What is png file?
File type category:
Internet related file
Bitmap image file
Date updated: July 14, 2025
File extension png is commonly used for Portable Network Graphics file format images.
PNG is a bitmap graphics format similar to GIF that uses image compression mainly for web purposes. PNG is a lossless format with 16.7 million colors, index color, grayscale, true color, and transparency, and it also is streamable, which makes it superior to GIF.
The WWW consortium approved the format as a standard to replace GIF because GIF uses a patented data compression algorithm called LZW. In contrast, PNG is entirely patent- and license-free.
Initially, only Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer supported PNG file format, but today every web browser can read the format correctly.
Some games also use this format to store images. For example, the Spore computer game saves its creature's images for Sporepedia in PNG format.
png MIME types:
image/png
image/x-png
application/png
application/x-png
How to open png file?
Use any graphic editor/viewer to open or view *.png files.
How to convert png file?
PNG format is widely supported, and you can use almost any (if not any) image convertor to convert .png files to another file format.
Suggested software to open png file:
Associated software actions with the png file
Software applications that can open png files:
IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
CorelDraw Graphics Suite (Microsoft Windows)
Corel PaintShop Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Revelation Natural Art (Microsoft Windows)
PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Paint (Microsoft Windows)
SketchBook (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Fresh Paint (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
The Panorama Factory for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Fotor Photo Editor for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Filters for Photos (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Image2icon (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Paint X Lite (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)
Pixlr (On-line services)
Photopea (On-line services)
Software applications that can edit png files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
CorelDraw Graphics Suite (Microsoft Windows)
Corel PaintShop Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Revelation Natural Art (Microsoft Windows)
PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Paint (Microsoft Windows)
SketchBook (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Fresh Paint (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
The Panorama Factory for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Fotor Photo Editor for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Filters for Photos (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Image2icon (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Paint X Lite (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)
Pixlr (On-line services)
Photopea (On-line services)
Software capable of saving png files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
CorelDraw Graphics Suite (Microsoft Windows)
Corel PaintShop Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Revelation Natural Art (Microsoft Windows)
PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Paint (Microsoft Windows)
SketchBook (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Fresh Paint (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sumo Paint Pro (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
The Panorama Factory for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Fotor Photo Editor for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Filters for Photos (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Image2icon (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Paint X Lite (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)
Pixlr (On-line services)
Photopea (On-line services)
Programs for viewing png files:
IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
WildBit Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Fotor Photo Editor for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
PhotoScape X for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
darktable (Linux/Unix)
Gwenview (Linux/Unix)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Software apps that create png files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Revelation Natural Art (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
SketchBook (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Fresh Paint (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Image2icon (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Paint X Lite (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that convert png files:
IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Bulk Image Converter (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
darktable (Linux/Unix)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
XnConvert (Multiplatform)
Picture Resize Free Online Images Converter (On-line services)
Software apps that import png files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
CorelDraw Graphics Suite (Microsoft Windows)
BitFonter (Microsoft Windows)
RealWorld Icon Editor (Microsoft Windows)
Illustrator Extreme (Microsoft Windows)
TI-Reader Converter (Microsoft Windows)
Xara Page & Layout Designer (Microsoft Windows)
Zoner Callisto (Microsoft Windows)
reaConverter (Microsoft Windows)
TexturePacker (Microsoft Windows)
Scribus (Microsoft Windows)
Mayura Draw (Microsoft Windows)
CrazyTalk (Microsoft Windows)
UVMapper (Microsoft Windows)
Paint 3D (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
openCanvas (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
PhotoVideoCollage (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Vectr for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
XnConvert (Multiplatform)
Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)
Krita (Multiplatform)
Bits'N'Picas (Multiplatform)
Software apps that export png files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
CorelDraw Graphics Suite (Microsoft Windows)
Collage Maker (Microsoft Windows)
Icon Catcher (Microsoft Windows)
Argo UML (Microsoft Windows)
BatchPhoto (Microsoft Windows)
Mayura Draw (Microsoft Windows)
Equation Illustrator (Microsoft Windows)
Genetica (Microsoft Windows)
TexturePacker (Microsoft Windows)
reaConverter (Microsoft Windows)
SolidWorks Visualize (Microsoft Windows)
netScope Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
Xara Page & Layout Designer (Microsoft Windows)
Paint 3D (Microsoft Windows)
Icon Extractor (Microsoft Windows)
BeCyIconGrabber (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
openCanvas (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sketch (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
PhotoVideoCollage (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Filters for Photos (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Vectr for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
XnConvert (Multiplatform)
Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)
Bits'N'Picas (Multiplatform)
Software apps that print png files:
IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Fresh Paint (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Fotor Photo Editor for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Filters for Photos (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
PhotoScape X for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
darktable (Linux/Unix)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving png files:
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Fireworks proprietary PNG data
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: March 29, 2018
The png file extension is associated with the Adobe Fireworks.
Firework's PNGs are based on the Portable Network Graphic (PNG) format, but contain additional proprietary metadata which only Adobe applications can read.
This version of PNG is solely opened only in Adobe Fireworks.
How to open png file?
Use Adobe Fireworks to open its proprietary version of *.png images.
How to convert png file?
Adobe Fireworks can probably save or export its own PNG format to something else.
Suggested software to open png file:
Associated software actions with the png file
Software applications that can open png files:
Adobe Fireworks (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Fireworks for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software applications that can edit png files:
Adobe Fireworks (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Fireworks for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software capable of saving png files:
Adobe Fireworks (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Fireworks for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that import png files:
SWFTools (Microsoft Windows)
Corel PaintShop Photo Pro browser catalogue
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: July 14, 2025
The png file extension is associated with Corel Paint Shop Pro, an advanced photo-editing software available for Microsoft Windows, developed and sold by Corel Corporation.
The *.png files contain browser catalogs.
How to open png file?
Use compatible tools to work with *.png files.
Suggested software to open png file:
Associated software actions with the png file
Software applications that can open png files:
Corel PaintShop Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create png files:
Corel PaintShop Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving png files:
Corel PaintShop Pro (Microsoft Windows)