The quickest way to see and share an .ai file
An .ai file is the working file of Adobe Illustrator. Designers send them for approval, print shops attach them to proofs, and marketing teams pass them around with flyers, banners and menus. If you don't have Illustrator, double-clicking the file may do nothing useful, and on a phone it usually won't open at all.
JPG is the format that opens everywhere: in chats, email, any photo viewer, online forms and marketplaces. Converting the design to JPG lets you check it, forward it to a client or a boss for approval, or upload it to a site that only accepts images.
Every artboard becomes a JPG
Many Illustrator files hold more than one design, for example several sizes of a banner, the pages of a brochure or the front and back of a card. ConvertirDocs creates one JPG per artboard or page in the file, rendered at 200 dpi, so each version arrives as a separate, clearly sized image.
You can set the JPG quality. High quality keeps text and thin lines crisp; lower quality gives smaller files for quick previews in a chat. If the design has lots of small lettering or a logo on flat color, AI to PNG keeps edges sharper. If you need a document to print or send to a printer, AI to PDF keeps the artwork as vectors.
Only PDF-compatible .ai files
Illustrator normally saves a PDF version of the artwork inside every .ai file, thanks to the option “Create PDF Compatible File”, which is on by default. That's what ConvertirDocs reads. If the person who saved the file switched that option off, the browser has nothing it can draw, and the site tells you so instead of producing a blank image. The solution is to ask for the file to be saved again with the default settings.
Transparency, privacy and price
JPG has no transparency, so any transparent areas of the artwork are filled with white. That's usually fine for previews and documents. If you need a transparent logo, choose AI to PNG and then send the result to “Remove white background”.
The conversion happens in your browser. Your designs are never uploaded or stored on a server, which matters for unreleased campaigns and client work. There's no account, no watermark and no limit on how many files you convert: it's free.