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Although ImageConverter Plus is a professional image converter, one of the strengths that make the software easy to use by anyone, is its effective menu and simple interface. Practically everyone – graphics professionals and amateurs notice that it takes minutes to understand how the image converter works. No matter how complicated your image conversion task […]

PCX, or officially PC Paintbrush format, was designed for MS-DOS, and was then used by Microsoft – Microsoft Paintbrush program was delivered with each copy of MS Windows. This image format was at the basis of the whole industry of computer development. Originally the format was not able to handle images consisting of more than

Although technical progress is at its blossom, and most of the books, educational courses and useful articles can be easily downloaded online, we still use faxes and scanners on a regular basis. Scans of the documents sent over to another region, scanned versions of invoices, rare handbooks that are not easy to find in book

The BMP image format is proprietary for Windows. It was developed specifically for the Windows OS and the surrounding programs. The BMP file consists of hundreds of small pixels of color. Apart from the usage by Windows, it’s not really practical to use BMP in other situations. They keep the image detail, but the file

Whether on a business trip or on vacation, this sometimes becomes necessary to email someone the image files. Emailing images is necessary when you prepare a post-release to a certain event and need to email images to the contents manager. Image files that need to be emailed are rarely perfect though to be published anywhere.

The definition of the alpha channel refers to transparency on a per-pixel basis. It controls the transparency of an image. Some pixel data in each image is always intended for transparency information. The alpha channel specifies how the pixel’s colors should be merged with another pixel when the two are overlaid, one on top of

Each graphic file normally has a specific file extension typical of the image format the file is saved in. File extension consists of several letters that help the experienced users recognize their belonging. If you look at the Program Files section of your computer and select the folder for Microsoft Office, you will see hundreds

JPEG is the image format most widely used in the Internet. It is not really suitable for drawings or images containing text. JPEG is standardized as an 8-bit image file. This means that each color channel of a pixel has 8-bits of data allocated to reproduce color. Sometimes you will find 8-bit color referred to

Blurred photos may be either the cause of frustration, or the reason to be proud of your art of photography. Blurred photos come out when there is not enough light, or there is no tripod for a faraway subject to be photographed – these are the cases when photos are considered not successful and are

ImageConverter Plus provides comprehensive support for the PDF image format. Images can be converted to PDF considering its multipage layout. This means that if the original image is comprised of several separate pages, they can be converted to PDF supporting the multipage layout preserving the original file structure. PDF is the preferred format for various

Successful use of light is one of the bases for a good photo. Still, it’s not an easy task to represent light correctly. There may be several factors objecting to it: too much Sun (or vice versa, too little of it), the wrong lighting settings, etc. Extra light is better than the lack of it,

When talking about digital photos, an average user will not know much about them except that they are taken by a camera, can be viewed on the monitor, or printed out. An average user will not know that there is much more information in each image apart from its visual appearance. There is a lot

Avatars are usually moving objects, people, or animals. Avatars are a good way to express your emotions, your thoughts, or your character. They are created by means of the GIF format – the only one that supports animation. An animated GIF is an image made with multiple bitmap images, which are shown in a rapid

File extension .EXR refers to the OpenEXR format supported by ImageConverter Plus. The EXR image format is notable for a higher dynamic range and tight color precision. The EXR format is also known for multiple lossless image compression algorithms. The default compression algorithm is RLE. It is based on the idea to replace a long

Every business uses its own local network. It’s a special system that allows access to the documents and graphic files from different computers belonging to the same organization. It’s very effective when the same document or the same application is available to everyone without the necessity to more around, send the files by email, copy

No matter how many attempts were made to make the TGA image format popular, it has not gained the desired popularity. The most common situation when one could come across a TGA file would be when images taken from the still video to be rendered to the video tape. TGA format is associated with Truevision

Catalogues are used when the product line is enormous. Their main goal is to display the product line whether it’s food, clothes, furniture, toys, etc. A catalog consists of everything that you possibly can offer – usually pictures of the products. The main advantage of a catalogue is its graphic presentation – the better the

PSD is the native format of Photoshop. It contains layers which makes it easy to modify. Photoshop users can edit and retouch the PSD files or create new images. GIF is the image format widely used in the web. The GIF files are very small and ideal for graphics that do not require lots of

Wrong file numeration similar to mistakes in punctuation may lead to confusion and misunderstanding, especially if the work implies dealing with hundreds of image files. Numerating the resulting image files is one of the macros set for the resulting file name. It is very convenient when the original image files come from different folders, but

There exist two different file types – vector and bitmap. Although bitmap images are photo realistic ones, vector graphics can also looks like some type of art. The main difference between those types of images lies in the way the image data is stored. Bitmaps consist of pixels, while victors are based on lines. Since