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HTML to Image Converter

Step 1 / 3

Paste an HTML snippet. Scripts, forms, frames and event handlers are removed before rendering.

Your HTML and generated image stay in this browser. Remote images, fonts or stylesheets are fetched from their source URLs, so use embedded data for a fully offline render.

Turn an HTML and CSS snippet into a fixed-size PNG or JPG without uploading the source or generated image to Hyperion. Choose a canvas from 64 to 1,920 px per side and a scale from 1x to 3x, then preview and download the result in your browser.

How to render HTML as an image

  1. 1

    Paste the markup

    Enter an HTML fragment or document. Inline CSS and `<style>` rules are supported; scripts, forms, frames and event handlers are removed.

  2. 2

    Set the canvas

    Choose PNG or JPG, enter the width and height, and select a scale from 1x to 3x.

  3. 3

    Render the preview

    The browser lays out the sanitized markup inside an isolated, fixed-size frame.

  4. 4

    Download locally

    Save the PNG or JPG directly. The generated file is not uploaded to Hyperion.

What the browser renderer supports

The converter uses the browser’s layout engine, so ordinary HTML, inline CSS, <style> rules, Flexbox, Grid, gradients, shadows, inline SVG and installed fonts can appear in the output. It creates a still raster image, not an interactive copy of the page.

Canvas and output rules

Setting Supported range Behaviour
Width 64 to 1,920 px Exact CSS width of the capture frame
Height 64 to 1,920 px Exact CSS height; overflowing content is clipped
Scale 1x to 3x Raises output resolution without changing the layout size
PNG Fixed-size raster Preserves transparent areas
JPG Fixed-size raster Uses 92% quality and a white background

The output is limited to 16 megapixels to protect the browser from excessive memory use. If the requested dimensions and scale exceed that limit, the tool reduces the scale to the largest safe half-step. HTML source is limited to 100,000 characters.

Privacy and remote resources

The HTML and generated data image stay in the current browser. In funnel mode, the settings are held in this tab’s session storage so they survive the next step, and starting over clears that saved state. The tool does not send the markup or generated image to Hyperion.

An external URL inside the markup is different. Remote images, web fonts and stylesheets are requested from their source servers, which can see the network request. Those resources may also fail because of CORS or access controls. Embed images and fonts as data URLs and keep CSS inline when you need a fully offline render.

Safety and fidelity limits

Scripts, forms, nested frames, embedded objects and event-handler attributes are removed before capture. This makes the preview non-interactive, but it is not a general-purpose HTML sanitizer for content that you later publish elsewhere. JavaScript-rendered widgets do not run, video and canvas state are not guaranteed, animations become one still frame, and browser-specific CSS may differ from another rendering engine.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. The renderer takes supported <style> and stylesheet links from the head and captures the body content. Scripts, metadata, forms, frames and active handlers are removed, so it does not behave like a navigable web page.

The source server may block cross-origin use, require authentication or respond too slowly. Use an accessible CORS-enabled URL, or embed the resource as a data URL for a self-contained render.

PNG keeps transparent pixels. JPG uses a white background and fixed 92% quality, which is often smaller for photographic content. This tool does not export WebP or expose a separate quality control.

The converter caps the output at 16 megapixels. For a large canvas it automatically chooses the highest safe 0.5x scale step, preventing an oversized capture from exhausting browser memory.

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