The creator of the FLIF (Free Lossless Image Format) has gone and done it again. This time, he has come up with a new format called FUIF (Free Universal Image Format). The catchphrase for this new format is “responsive by design”. What does that mean?
Because there’s still room for improvement. Most people are comfortable with the many formats in existence today such as JPG, GIF, PNG, Webm, and many more.… Read the rest
Google Chrome, Google’s popular browser, Allows you to adjust settings when it comes to downloads. This includes automatic downloads that you can add domains and websites and allow or block automatic downloads from them.
This tutorial will show you how to activate automatic downloads for pages like Online-Convert.com or similar from which you download frequently. Furthermore, we will show you how to block domains that you do not want to automatically download things onto your system
Over the years, many new image file formats have tried to take over the crown from JPEG, GIF, and PNG. None has quite received a resounding success. Well, here’s another competitor: FLIF or Free Lossless Image Format
The ‘Free’ part of FLIF means it’s not tied to any patent. The image format uses arithmetic coding, which was patented but has now expired.
Lossless means there’s no loss of data when the image is compressed.… Read the rest
Among the trillions of images floating on the web, the amount of SVG images is quite rare. Most of the images you see everywhere are either in JPEG, PNG, GIF, or WebM formats. It’s a shame since SVG has so much potential.
SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics. While many people think it’s an image format, it’s actually a document format. It’s an application of the eXtenstible Markup Language (XML).… Read the rest
PNG is short for Portable Network Graphic (PNG); a lossless image format uses a bitmap of indexed colors. Its birth was to replace the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF). Since GIF used a Unisys-patented LZW compression algorithm, free software couldn’t create GIF files without paying a license.
Here, we are going to compare PNG with GIF, JPEG, and TIFF so you’ll know which format you should use on your next project.
A Word document saves a lot of information that is invisible to unaware users. Some of the information may be considered classified and reveal too many things to prying eyes. It is therefore important for you to understand what metadata is and how to remove it.
The metadata is the document properties. It holds information regarding the Word document itself. It saves the details regarding the author, title, subject, the date the document was created, comments, revision marks, versions, annotations, and the person who last saved the document.… Read the rest
iOS 12 was released on October 30, 2018. With its release, Apple introduced a pack of new features. One of the features is the support of USDZ file format.
Apple developed USDZ format to anticipate the growth of Augmented Reality (AR) technology in mobile phones. The format is based on Pixar’s Universal Scene Description (USD) file specification. Apple simply packaged it along with other assets to render the object in a zero-compression zip file, hence the USDZ name.… Read the rest
Together with rolling out iOS 11, Apple introduced a new image file format: HEIC.
We have gathered all kinds of information about this new image file format back then. With HEIC now also coming to Android, it’s about time to show you how you can convert your HEIC photos to JPG, PNG or another, better-supported image file format.
Turning your photos from HEIC to JPG, PNG, WebP, ICO or into any other image format is quite easy.… Read the rest
Last year, Apple introduced the HEIC file format, a raster image saved in the High Efficiency Image Format (HEIF). We have briefly discussed the facts, problems, and work around with HEIC format too. Fast forward one year, HEIC is still mostly limited to Apple’s environment, but that will soon change.
You see, there’s a new storm coming that will push HEIC harder to the world and its name is Snapdragon 855.… Read the rest
With every iteration of flagship smartphones, manufacturers never forget to brag about how the cameras on their new money-grabbers are so good.
It’s the same story after every launch. Fans drooling over sample images supposedly taken by the phones. Others post stunning images on their social media accounts claiming how their phones are taking photography to the next level. It’s like a weird tradition.
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