AVCHD to PNG Converter

Extract a PNG Still from AVCHD Online

Pull a single frame out of an AVCHD camcorder recording and save it as a lossless PNG. AVCHD clips arrive as .mts or .m2ts H.264 files from Sony and Panasonic camcorders, and they pack a full 1920×1080 frame — so a well-chosen frame makes a sharp, print-worthy still. You pick the exact moment by timestamp; PNG keeps that frame pixel-for-pixel with no JPG compression blocks. Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically a few hours after conversion — no sign-up, no watermark.

How to Convert AVCHD to PNG

1. Upload Your AVCHD File: Drag and drop or click "+ Add Files" to load a .mts or .m2ts clip from your device. Batch upload is supported if you want a still from each of several clips.
2. Set the Frame Time: Under Specific Frame, type the moment to capture in the Time (seconds) box — for example, 2.100 means 2 seconds and 100 milliseconds in. Pick a low-motion moment (a held shot or pause) so the frame stays crisp.
3. Tune Quality and Size (Optional): Leave Quality Preset on "Very High" for maximum fidelity, keep Resolution on "Keep original" for the full-resolution still, or use Preset Resolutions / Width × Height to scale down. Colors stays on "Original" unless you want a reduced palette.
4. Convert and Download: Click "Convert" and save your PNG. The image opens in any viewer, browser, or editor. No sign-up, no watermark.

PNG vs JPG for an AVCHD Still

Both come from the same extracted frame; the difference is what happens to it afterward.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does my frozen AVCHD frame have jagged "comb" lines?

Most AVCHD camcorder footage is recorded interlaced (1080i, signalled as 60i or 50i). Each displayed frame is built from two fields captured a moment apart, so anything that moved between them shows as horizontal "teeth" — combing — when you freeze a single instant. The fix is to capture a low-motion frame (a static shot, or the instant a subject pauses), where the two fields nearly match. Fully progressive AVCHD (1080/24p, or AVCHD Progressive 1080/50p–60p) doesn't comb because each frame is captured whole.

Will the PNG be full 1080p resolution?

Yes, if you leave Resolution on "Keep original." AVCHD records at 1920×1080 (or 1440×1080 / 1280×720 depending on the camera mode), and the extracted PNG keeps that native pixel dimension. A 1920×1080 still is large enough to print at roughly 6×3.5 inches at 300 DPI, or crop in tightly and still have detail. Use Preset Resolutions or Width × Height only when you deliberately want a smaller image.

Does this extract one frame or every frame?

One frame, at the timestamp you enter in the Time (seconds) box. This is built for grabbing a specific still — a clean portrait moment, a license plate, a whiteboard, a sports peak. If you need a whole sequence of frames for animation or analysis, that's a different workflow; for a moving result, convert the clip to video instead with AVCHD to MP4.

Why is my PNG file so much bigger than a JPG would be?

PNG is lossless, so a detailed 1080p photographic frame can run several megabytes, while the same frame as JPG often lands under a megabyte. That size buys you zero compression artifacts and safe re-editing. In our testing, a sharp 1920×1080 frame from a daylight AVCHD clip exported around 4–6 MB as PNG versus roughly 0.5–0.9 MB as high-quality JPG. If size matters more than perfect fidelity, use AVCHD to JPG instead.

My camera made an AVCHD folder, not a single file — what do I upload?

Camcorders store AVCHD as a folder structure (often AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM) where the actual clips are the numbered .mts files inside STREAM. Upload one of those .mts files directly. If you already copied the clips to your computer they may have been renamed to .m2ts — that works here too, since both are the same H.264 AVCHD stream. The same tool for raw camera files is MTS to PNG.