Image formats editor
Ines writes UltConvert's guides on image files: which format to pick, how compression trades size for quality, and what happens to a picture when it is cropped, resized or combined with others. Her articles explain the reason behind each setting, so readers can choose a value for their own photo rather than copy a number. Where a platform or form sets a limit, she links to the page that states it and gives the date it was last checked. Each guide shows when it was last reviewed.
Writes about: image file formats · lossy and lossless compression · aspect ratios and cropping · HEIC and iPhone photos · image file size limits
Image Guides9 min read
Every ratio crop starts from the shape your camera recorded. Here is how much of a 4:3 or 3:2 photo each common ratio keeps, and when padding or a new shot is the better choice.
Ines Kowalczyk ·
File Formats & Fixes9 min read
HEIC saves space on an iPhone but trips up forms, Windows PCs and print shops. Here is where to keep it, where to send JPG instead, and when PNG or a PDF is the better target.
Ines Kowalczyk ·
Image Guides9 min read
Before you combine photos, decide whether the result should be one picture or one PDF. The destination answers it, and each output has its own few settings that matter.
Ines Kowalczyk ·
Image Guides10 min read
A signature, a face photo and a scanned certificate each fail in their own way when you shrink them. Here is the order of steps for each, and how to read the KB window a form gives.
Ines Kowalczyk ·