The invention provides a picture processing method. The picture processing method comprises the following steps: acquiring property information of an original picture, wherein the original picture is a JPG (Joint Picture Group) picture; and when the area of the original picture is not smaller than an area threshold, converting the original picture into a PNG (Portable Network Graphics) picture, compressing the PNG picture, compressing the original picture, comparing the compressed PNG picture with the compressed original picture to obtain a size deviation between the two compressed pictures, selecting the picture obtained after the original picture is compressed when the size deviation is small and a color value of the original picture is greater than a threshold, otherwise selecting the picture obtained after PNG format compression. In the scheme, the picture is processed according to the property information of the picture, and targeted processing is performed according to a plurality of characteristics such as the picture area, a picture size and the color value, so that the size of the picture is reduced, and the quality of the picture is ensured at the same time. The method is particularly suitable for providing a proper picture format for a user in the processes of uploading, sharing and the like of pictures. The problems of overlarge picture sizes, bandwidth waste, poor image quality and the like due to an improper picture format are solved.