Converting between JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF and SVG - which format to pick and how to keep transparency and quality.
An app store submission wants your icon at a long list of specific pixel sizes. Here is how to generate all of them accurately from one clean source, without guessing.
Converting is not always the right move. Here are the situations where leaving a file exactly as it is genuinely the better choice.
Some support systems want a PDF attachment, not a loose image. Here is how to turn one or several screenshots into a clean, ordered PDF for a support ticket.
Moving a website to a new platform is a natural point to also fix years of accumulated JPG and PNG bloat. Here is a practical approach to converting a whole image library at once.
A single logo often needs to exist as an SVG, a PNG, a JPG and a favicon-sized icon, all at once. Here is a complete, one-stop path through every conversion.
WebP wins on nearly every technical measure for animation, but GIF still has one advantage that keeps it relevant. Here is how to decide between them.
Both formats handle a transparent background well, but they are not interchangeable in practice. Here is how to decide between them for a specific image.
Starting from a clean SVG gives GIF conversion its best possible chance — flat colours trace and convert far more cleanly than a photo ever could.
An old animated icon’s GIF is not a great source for a modern, scalable version, but one clean frame traced into SVG can rescue a usable static icon from it.