PNG Viewer & PNG Analyzer

Inspect PNG properties, check color depth, analyze transparency, and get optimization recommendations for your images.

Drop your PNG here

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Accepts PNG files up to 10MB

How It Works

  1. Upload your PNG file using drag & drop or the file browser.
  2. The tool analyzes the file structure, color depth, and properties.
  3. Review the quality score and optimization potential.
  4. Check technical details like alpha channel and compression.
  5. Follow recommendations to optimize your PNG file.

Understanding the Analysis

Quality Score

A score from 0-100 based on file size, dimensions, color efficiency, and compression optimization.

Color Type

PNG supports grayscale, RGB, RGBA (with alpha), and indexed color modes. Each affects file size differently.

Optimization

Indicates how much the file size could potentially be reduced through compression and format optimization.

PNG Best Practices

Choose Right Color Type

Use indexed color (PNG-8) for images with fewer than 256 colors to significantly reduce file size.

Alpha Channel Wisely

Only use RGBA if you need transparency. RGB without alpha is smaller and renders faster.

Strip Metadata

Remove unnecessary metadata chunks like text comments and timestamps to reduce file size.

Avoid Interlacing

Interlacing increases file size by 25-40%. Only use it if progressive loading is essential.

Pro tip: After analyzing, use our PNG Compressor to automatically apply these optimizations.

Frequently Asked Questions

The quality score (0-100) evaluates your PNG based on file size efficiency, optimal color type usage, metadata presence, and compression. Higher scores indicate better-optimized files for web use.

Bit depth determines the number of colors available. 8-bit supports 256 colors (indexed), while 24-bit (RGB) supports 16.7 million colors, and 32-bit (RGBA) adds alpha transparency.

Large PNG files often result from using true color (RGB/RGBA) when indexed color would suffice, uncompressed exports from design software, embedded metadata, or interlacing. Our analyzer identifies which factors contribute to size.

Yes, all uploaded files are automatically deleted from our servers within one hour. We do not store, share, or analyze your files beyond providing the analysis results you see on screen.