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Once in a while we get questions from our users asking “which image format will ensure the maximum image resolution, and accordingly, the maximum image quality”. Answering the question, we need to explain that the image format and the image resolution are very different things. An image format would be similar to choosing oil color, […]

The right-click menu gives a full spectrum of functionality. It gives access to the most useful features of ImageConverter Plus. If you right-click any image saved on your hard drive, one of the options to choose from will be to convert your image using ImageConverter Plus. The right-click menu lists all the profiles available with

Scheduling tasks gives one the ability to spend time more efficiently. Task scheduling provides a better control over the daily routine. When we are overloaded with activities, it’s hard to remember all the things we need to do, so time management and planning are essential. With the wide variety of software in the market there

Web designers of any experience sometimes doubt which of the two image formats to use. The rule we would recommend would state the following: Use JPEG if you have lots of colors, and use GIF if you have just a few colors or no color gradations. Both image formats provide perfect compression algorithms. This means

Starting a new business project is always a risk. There are lots of unknowns, and no matter how inspired you may feel, there may be times you will feel blue and not certain about the future steps. There are some principles though that you should try and follow and that should keep you afloat. First

The most common bitmap file format is BMP, while there is another file extension .pbm, and the two are easy to confuse with each other. The PBM format was one of the first ones developed to send bitmap files by email. Now it serves as the common language of a large group of bitmap conversion

When a customer purchases ImageConverter Plus, the program is supposed to run on a single computer only. To make sure the version is original, there are several precautions taken – we provide the serial number and request that you activate the program. As soon as it is activated, it looks “attached” to a single computer,

TIFF is widely used for archival purposes due to its versatility. TIFF supports most color spaces, RGB, CMYK, YCbCr, etc. TIFF is a flexible format with many options. The data contains tags to declare what type of data follows. TIFF files are always large no matter how well they are compressed – even with the

Finding your way in an unfamiliar place is a complicated task. GPS navigators are getting very popular with drivers; there are some developed for pedestrians as well. Those who have not bought one, assuming that it is not worth the hassle, simply conceal the fact that they are not very familiar with technology and prefer

GPS applications on smartphones and cameras provide numerous advantages, but may also do harm to innocent users. Most of it implies disclosing personal information to strangers. How is that possible? Modern smartphones are equipped with geotags that capture longitude and latitude of the places where the photos were taken. The margin of error is within

Digital cameras are very advanced nowadays and make photos containing millions of pixels. Printing such images is advantageous, but sharing them online may be problematic. Lots of websites won’t let you upload high resolution images and will require to resize them. Some online resources though will resize your photos automatically. This automatic photo resize though

There exist two main types of image compression: lossy and lossless. Depending on the image format, one of them, or a combination of both can be applied. The most vivid examples of the lossless compression algorithms are TIFF, GIF, and PNG image formats. Lossless compression of these image formats means that the file size will

Have you ever thought what effect it would have if your eyes were a different color? It’s almost the same when you change the color of your hair – you get extra attention and hopefully compliments. Changing colors in a photo can have some artistic effect, experiment with design, etc. Let’s say you are in

ImageConverter Plus provides comprehensive support for 13 image formats suitable for the output conversion. This means that you can choose any of the following formats when converting files: BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TGA, TIFF, PCX, PSD, EXR, DDS, PDF, EPS, MNG. To understand which of these formats is the most suitable for your needs, let’s

The licensing policy of ImageConverter Plus is very user friendly. We have developed specific licensing options for different groups of customers. Our product is mostly designed for graphics professionals whose conversion tasks involve hundreds or thousands of images every day. They can benefit fr om our server license, which is installed on a server and

Mipmaps are a sort of collection of images that accompany the main texture. The purpose of using mipmaps is to increase the rendering speed and reduce aliasing artifacts. Rendering speed increases since the number of texture pixels being processed can be much lower than with simple textures. They are efficient when there is a necessity

Pictures we get from cameras and cell phones are usually pretty large in size. Although this is very advantageous for image quality, this brings disadvantages when there is a need to send them over the Internet. Even fast internet connections will slow down, and you will have to wait long trying to send the image

When comparing JPEG and BMP one can see that they are very different. JPEG compresses the images making them relatively small in size with decent image quality. BMP saves images without any quality loss, which results in large image files. The BMP image format is supported by all Windows versions starting fr om the most

Practically every image needs some sort of post-processing: background or light correction, image conversion to a different format, image effects application, etc. In case the image processing task is complicated, the original image file may be altered quite significantly to achieve the desired effect. If the user is very experienced, there may be no necessity

Creating images of a very large size is a matter of proper software and the right choice of the image format. Image formats that are normally used for creating such images are: TIFF, BigTIFF, JPEG, and PSD . TIFF (as well as its specification BigTiff) is an uncompressed file format that is usually used for