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Some file extensions are very obvious to identify the image format the file is saved in. Some though are less popular, and it takes time to figure out what image format is hidden behind the image file name. ICA image format stands for Object Content Architecture. It is attached to images that are stored in […]

There may be several reasons to create a photo of a non-original shape – oval, with rounded borders, with wavy or figured borders, or with some inscription around the photo. They may be useful to attract attention to the website, to make a gift to someone, to create special event memories, etc. Whatever the event

Most of the products developed by fCoder Group, Inc. have been designed for batch processing graphic files. It means that image processing of any number of image files can take place without that much of manual intervention. A program takes a set of data files as input, processes the data, and produces a set of

Colors are not just how things are “painted”. Psychology studies color and the way different people perceive it. The way people feel colors describes the way people feel their life. When depressed, or just sad, the world around seems to lack color. When all is great, the colors seem brighter than usual. When taking photos

The ICO format is widely used in the web and was developed to create desktop and menu icons. You can come across the examples of the ICO format everywhere – favicons (“favorite icons”) appear next to a website’s name and allow websites and applications to use instantly recognizable symbols. It’s a rare webmaster who would

The audience of ImageConverter Plus users is very diverse. The software seems to be well liked by amateur photographers, but is also the preference for graphics professionals, including developers. There is a frequent necessity for professionals using command-line interface to launch ImageConverter Plus remotely. Command-line of ImageConverter Plus allows fulfilling image processing tasks faster, especially

We have already discussed bitmap images in our recent posts, and now it’s time to describe some vector images supported by ImageConverter Plus. Vector graphics are made up of many individual objects. Each of these objects can be defined by mathematical statements and has individual properties assigned to it such as color, fill, and outline.

Digital photos provide a fast and easy way to bring back wonderful memories. When there are hundreds of them, it’s better to organize them properly; otherwise it’s easy to lose some nice memory of a special event, or, if digital photography is your business, to fail a good client by losing a certain order. One

File extension .mos is probably one of the unusual ones. In case one is not aware that it identifies an image format, the abbreviation will be associated with Moscow, Russia, rather than images captured by a digital camera supporting RAW. The RAW file format can be compared with the negative in film photography. The information

Drag-and-dr op function is normally common with different Office applications when there is a necessity to move a certain file to a different location. It’s a good alternative to a “copy/paste” function since there are not so many efforts taken to perform it. Drag-and-drop can also be applied on image files when you, for instance,

TIFF and PDF are two different image formats, though can be used in similar situation. To choose which of them is more suitable for this or that case, one needs to learn the advantages and disadvantages of both. TIFF is a raster image file. Photographs made in the TIFF format are of superb quality, though

A square something is usually more practical than something round. Indeed, a fat, round watermelon can take up a lot of room in a refrigerator, and the usually round fruit often sits awkwardly on refrigerator shelves. Square shape also means that it’s more stable than anything else; it can be adapted to small places. The

If you’ve just downloaded ImageConverter Plus you surely have lots of questions and may feel confused, which is natural. Our goal though is to make the complicated simple and to provide all types of resources that could help our users navigate through the numerous capabilities of ImageConverter Plus. Whenever you have a question, click on

Animated GIFs are used to create interesting effects, icons, navigation buttons, banners etc. There are many different programs for both beginners and professionals to create gif images. Animated images are well integrated into the web pages, which makes them popular and widely used for web design. The animations are more used as digital art. Animated

There are two most common types of graphic images: bitmap and vector. Bitmap images (also known as raster images) are made up of pixels – tiny dots of individual color that make up what you see on your screen. They are resolution dependent – when displayed on the computer monitor, they are displayed at screen

Most of the complaints amateur photographers have, refer to photos not sharp enough. They complain that the photos are dim, the details are not clearly visible, there is too much noise, etc. You will find hundreds of advice in the web on how to sharpen the photos which are not sharp enough, but you will

When talking about animation, the first image format that comes to mind is GIF. But did you know that GIF is not the only one supporting this feature? MNG is closely related to PNG – actually it grew from PNG. MNG was developed to fulfill all the capabilities of the PNG format that were not

ImageConverter Plus offers various licensing options for customers: our home users get a discounted license for non-commercial use; we also offer discounted licensing policy for non-profit organizations and may consider other special circumstances if you make a request to our support service. Still, to a large extent, our software has been designed for graphics professionals

SNP files are proprietary of Microsoft Access. The SNP format is used by Microsoft Access to store snapshots in a single file. Files with the .snp file extension extend dramatically, with regards to the range of applications for Access reports. They can also be used on web servers, LAN servers, as well as with e-mail.

The question whether or not to delete the input image files is very common. No matter how unsuccessful the original image may look, most people prefer not to delete the source images, even though they look greater after conversion or image processing. But have you ever come across a situation when you are happily taking