Guides, Tips & How-Tos for Images
Step-by-step guides on converting, compressing, and editing images. No jargon, no fluff, just what works.
Trade Show Booth Graphics: From Designer Files to Large-Format JPG
How to prep 8-foot banners, table runners, and pop-up walls without pixelation, including the DPI math for viewing distance, how to handle text near seams, and the JPG-versus-PDF call when sending files to large-format printers.
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Press Release Photo Specs: What Editors Actually Want Attached
Resolution, aspect ratio, captioning, embedded credit metadata, and file size that wire services and newsrooms require for press release photos, with a one-page checklist for PR teams pitching to AP, Reuters, and trade publications.
Branded Image Sharing in Slack and Teams: Keep Logos Crisp at Thumbnail Size
Practical specs for avatars, channel banners, workspace icons, and inline screenshots so company assets look sharp instead of muddy at small sizes, plus the file-size ceilings that keep big channels from getting throttled.
The Definitive LinkedIn Banner JPG Guide: Sizes, Crops, and Text-Safe Zones
Current LinkedIn cover dimensions for personal profiles and company pages, the actual crop behavior on mobile versus desktop, and how to place taglines, logos, and CTAs so nothing gets cut off in either layout.
Marketing Flyer and Brochure JPGs: Print-Ready Without an Agency
How to prep flyer and tri-fold brochure artwork from Canva, Word, or Pages into JPGs that small print shops and FedEx Office accept on the first pass, with DPI, color, and margin guidance that prevents costly reprints.
Business Card JPG Specs for Vistaprint, Moo, and Local Printers
Exact pixel dimensions, DPI targets, and bleed values for the three biggest card printers, plus a copy-paste checklist for converting Canva or Illustrator designs into print-safe JPGs that pass preflight on the first upload.
Extract Still JPGs From iPhone Live Photos Without Losing the Best Frame
Live Photos bundle a HEIC still with a 3-second video. Learn how to pull the chosen key frame, pick a sharper alternate frame from the buffer, and export the result as a clean JPG that any device can open and share.
Google Pixel RAW Workflow: Getting the Most From Computational DNG
Pixel RAW combines HDR+ multi-frame fusion with a single DNG output, which makes the files unusual to edit. Here is how to handle that structure and convert it for desktop editing or fast web posting.
Lightroom Mobile vs Snapseed vs VSCO: Which Exports the Best JPG?
Side-by-side export tests across the three biggest mobile editors covering file size, color fidelity, sharpening behavior, and EXIF retention, with concrete recommendations for portraits, landscapes, and quick social posts.
Samsung Galaxy Expert RAW Workflow: DNG Files Demystified
What Samsung Expert RAW actually saves to your Galaxy, why those DNG files are 40 to 60 MB each, and the cleanest way to convert Galaxy DNGs into print-ready or web-ready JPGs without losing highlight recovery.
iPad Pro Photo Workflow: From Capture to Client Delivery in One Sitting
A practical iPad-only pipeline using Files, Shortcuts, and browser-based converters to import RAW from card readers, edit in Lightroom or Photomator, export client JPGs, and send proofs without ever opening a laptop.
Slim Down iPhone Screenshots: Cut File Size by 70% Without Pixelation
iPhone screenshots save as PNGs that balloon storage and email size. Here is how to convert them to optimized JPGs for chat, email, and bug reports while keeping app text and UI lines crisp at native resolution.
Android JPG Handling: Camera Settings, Storage, and Sharing Without Quality Loss
How Android cameras save JPGs across Samsung, Pixel, and OnePlus, where the files actually live in DCIM, and the fastest way to convert or compress them before posting, emailing, or uploading to cloud storage.
Image Upscaling: 2x vs 4x vs 8x When You Need to Print Big
Topaz, Real-ESRGAN, jpg.now's upscaler — and the math behind how much you can really upscale before it falls apart. Including what looks fine in print vs on screen.
Background Removal: When AI Wins vs Manual Editing
AI background removal is now better than 90 percent of human work — but the other 10 percent is where it falls apart. The cases where to use which.
AI Image Generation: Real-World Use Cases That Actually Work
Beyond Midjourney-pretty pictures. The boring-but-valuable use cases — product mockups, blog hero images, social headers — where AI image gen pays for itself.
Designer's Daily Workflow: PSD to JPG Deliverables
Every client wants a JPG; every designer keeps a PSD. The export-presets and naming conventions that work across Photoshop, Affinity, and Figma.
OCR Workflows: Extract Text from Screenshots and Scans
OCR has gotten startlingly good. The use cases where it actually replaces typing — receipts, business cards, lecture slides — and where it still gets confused.
Document Workflows: Convert Word and Excel to JPG for Signage
Print shops, kiosk displays, and digital signage often demand JPG, not DOCX. The reliable conversion workflow with examples for retail, restaurants, and offices.
Scanning Old Photo Albums: The Definitive Guide
Flatbed, sheet-feed, smartphone-scan-app, professional service — all four have specific strengths. Plus the post-scan steps that make 1970s photos look good in 2026.
Self-Publishing: Photo Book Production Workflow (Blurb, Mpix)
Photo-book printers demand specific DPI, bleed margins, and colour profiles. The end-to-end workflow from camera to printed book that doesn't get rejected at proof.
Archiving Family Photos for the Next 50 Years
JPG is universal today but no format is guaranteed forever. The conservative archival strategy — formats, copies, locations — that maximizes long-term readability.
Photo Printing at Home: JPG Settings for Inkjet vs Laser
Inkjet and laser printers have different ideal source formats. The settings — DPI, colour space, compression — that produce the print you saw on screen.
Image SEO in 2026: Alt Text, File Names, and File Types
Alt text isn't just for accessibility — Google uses it to rank images. The current best practices, plus the file-name and file-type choices that compound the win.
Quick Format Guides
Short answers to common image format questions. Part of our full FAQ.
JPG vs PNG: Which Format Should You Use?
When to use each format, file size differences, and what transparency means for your choice.
JPG vs WebP: Size, Quality and Browser Support
WebP is smaller but not universally supported. Here is when that matters and when it does not.
HEIC vs JPG: Apple's Format vs the Standard
Why your iPhone shoots HEIC, what it means for Windows users, and how to convert.
JPG Compression Guide: Quality vs File Size
What quality setting to use, how much size you can save, and when compression hurts your image.
How to Convert JPG to PDF (Including Multi-Page)
Combine multiple JPG images into a single PDF, or convert one image to a shareable document.
RAW to JPG: Converting Camera Raw Files
How to convert NEF, CR2, ARW and other RAW formats to JPG without losing too much quality.