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“Transparent” is not really a color. It describes some object that allows the light transmission without scattering it. The necessity to change a certain image color for transparent is essential for web design and for PowerPoint presentations. Images with transparent backgrounds can be matched with any colors of the web pages. To achieve transparency effect […]

JPEG is a bitmapped format, which means that the image will look pixilated when you enlarge it. JPEG is compressed and allows saving data in a small file sacrificing some of its quality. It is great for photographic images and can be easily used for transmitting images over the web. The downside of JPEG is

At first sight each image looks simple and contains nothing except the people (or landscape, etc) photographed, and memories, of course. Hard to believe, but there is much more information hidden behind the image. It’s like the image “genealogy” containing the information of the file type, date when it was taken, camera used, ownership information,

PNG (Portable Network Graphic) is a bitmapped format with a lossless compression algorithm. Developed to surpass its predecessor GIF, this format is used for palette-based images, grayscale images with or without alpha channel, and full-color non-palette-based RGB. Some PNG files can use the indexed colored mode, and the other, the RGB mode, and there comes

What do you think first when see an image that is ghost-like, meaning that it does not look realistic and has colors inverted in a weird way? In the era of digital photography we barely remember what a negative of a photo looks like. It used to be an exciting process to develop a film,

There exist several color modes, some of which we come across more often than others known to professionals. RGB, CMYK, Indexed color are most common types of color modes, while Multichannel, Duotone, or lab modes are less frequent. The RGB color mode is an additive color mode in which red, green, and blue light are

Cases when you have photos with some unnecessary elements – copyright information, or just details you want to remove, are very frequent. If we are talking about copyright information, why do you want to remove it? It’s not a good thing to steal someone else’s work. Pretty much similar thing is when you want to

When describing image formats in brief, it’s possible to assign some main specific characteristics to each of them – some essence that makes this or that format different from others. The DDS image format deals with texturing. BMP provides very good image quality and very large image size, because the files are normally uncompressed. This

Each country has its own requirements for passport photos. While in Russia, for instance, it’s not allowed to smile in the photo, the US requirements are less strict. Photo size, proportions, color of the background – they are all different as well as the visa requirements for different countries. Most consulate offices and passport agencies

fCoder Group, Inc. has announced the release of a new version of MyViewPad – free and functional image viewer. The most vivid advantages of the latest version include: – intuitive interface – informative right- click menu – ability to print the image directly from the application – crop function This is our very reliable yet

Practically every store arranges Christmas sales. This is a good way to clear the shelves for the upcoming year’s products and to attract more shoppers – people usually flock to stores to buy. More and more of us though tend to shop online, and more and more online shops open almost every month. This type

When we want to inform others about any life news, what do we usually do? We call friends and relatives and share the excitement or sadness. With the tendency to communicate online more than in person, it becomes important to inform the Internet friends about any news as well. Apart fr om posting something on

The 2012 end of the world predictions have been discussed on TV, radio, books, the Internet, and magazines. All of the popular Doomsday prophecies say that the world is going to end on December 21, 2012. As different as all the world’s religions and cultures are, most of them have the same end of the

The most standard of all the existing image formats is considered to be JPEG. It is the default format for most of the digital cameras known to everyone. JPEG’s advantages include decent compression alongside with decent image quality. The quality loss that is inevitable when the image is compressed does not degrade the image significantly.

Transference of files from one computer to another can be performed by various means, one of which is FTP (File Transfer Protocol). The main advantage of FTP is the ability to retrieve and send files from your own computer anywhere. You can also save files to your FTP server. ImageConverter Plus gives you a direct

Some most enjoyable moments around Christmas time are receiving cards from family and friends. Creating a personalized Christmas card is a great way to show what’s new in your family. Now that our world is digitized, we tend to spend more time at the computer rather than create something with hands, but no matter what

CALS image format most often refers to specific documentation used within governmental organizations . This format is almost mandatory for the US governmental offices document workflow. CALS can also identify an Office Document Interchange Format for documentary exchange among various platforms and applications. Like PDF, this format can combine text and graphics and interpret it

ImageConverter Plus offers the users a comprehensive array of options for making the photos turn out exactly the way they want. To determine whether or not the photo is appropriate for a specific project, it’s important to know as much as possible about a given image. When adding a new image to ImageConverter Plus, detailed

Both image formats – TIFF and PDF are widely used for all types of storage purposes and in printing industry. TIFF is more universal for scanned images. PDF is more portable. It doesn’t matter what OS, or what type of device you are going to keep your files in – the format allows displaying images

There is no unique style in photography – each photographer practices his/her own techniques. Depending on the topic reflected, the type of photography used, you may prefer different photographic styles. If your intention is to concentrate on details, then color photography is the way to go, while if your goal is to depict emotions, reflect