TGA to JPG converter
A free TGA to JPG converter for Truevision TGA files. Browser-based pairs here usually run in this tab, with no file upload.
Drop your TGA files here
or browse your device · paste with Ctrl+V
Accepts .tga, .targa, .icb, .vda files. You can queue several files; each is processed one after another on your own device.
Your files never leave this device — there is no upload and no server to delete them from.
- 01
Add your TGA files
Drop them onto the box above or click to browse. They are read straight from disk — nothing is sent anywhere.
- 02
Check the settings
JPG is already selected. Open the gear icon on any row if you want to change quality, dimensions or codec before converting.
- 03
Download your JPG
Press convert and wait for the row to finish. Convert several files and you can take them all as a single ZIP.
TGA
Truevision TGAA simple raster format with an alpha channel, long favoured by game engines and 3D tools because it is trivial to load and optionally uncompressed.
- Developed by
- Truevision
- Released
- 1984
- Extension
- .tga, .targa, .icb, .vda
- MIME type
- image/x-tga
- Compression
- Lossy or lossless
JPG
JPEGThirty years on, still the default for photographs. Its lossy compression discards detail the eye barely notices, and quality 75–85 is the sweet spot where files shrink dramatically without visible damage. No transparency support.
- Developed by
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- Released
- 1992
- Extension
- .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif
- MIME type
- image/jpeg
- Compression
- Lossy
- Specification
- Open
- JPG is lossy, so if the source TGA was lossless this is the first lossy step. If it was already lossy, any additional impact is often smaller.
- TGA supports a transparent background and JPG does not, so any transparency in the source is flattened onto a solid background during the conversion.
Questions about converting TGA to JPG
Is this TGA to JPG converter free?
Yes. Converting TGA to JPG here is free, with no account, no watermark and no daily quota. The work runs on your own device, so there is no server cost to pass on to you.
Is my TGA file uploaded anywhere?
For browser-based pairs, your file is read locally and converted by Squoosh in this tab. No file payload is uploaded; you may still see analytics and engine downloads in network logs.
Is there a file-size limit for TGA to JPG?
There is no imposed upload cap when it runs in-browser, but each conversion still depends on your device and browser memory. Large videos are the first practical limit, then memory-heavy documents or images.
Does converting TGA to JPG lose quality?
JPG is a lossy format, so some detail is discarded when it is encoded. At the default quality setting the change is often not visually obvious; keep your original TGA file if you might need it again.
Can I convert several TGA files to JPG at once?
Yes. Drop in several files and each gets its own row; they are processed one after another on your device. You can download them one by one or as one ZIP.
Does TGA to JPG work on a phone, Mac or Chromebook?
Most modern browsers on Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, Android and iOS work. Very large videos are often more reliable on desktop or a browser with more memory.
Why do some conversions take longer on first run?
The conversion engine has to download first. Small codec bundles are fast, while ffmpeg is commonly 12–30 MB; later conversions of similar type use the cached engine.
I converted a file and the output is blank or unusable. What should I check?
Start over with default settings, then change one option at a time (quality, bitrate, page size, or codec) to isolate what changed behavior. If it keeps failing, retry with a smaller file and confirm the source format matches the pair.
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