Guides, Tips & How-Tos for Images
Step-by-step guides on converting, compressing, and editing images. No jargon, no fluff, just what works.
Selling on Etsy: The Perfect Product Photo Specs (Size, Format, DPI)
Etsy auto-resamples uploads, so what you send isn't what buyers see. The actual specs (down to colour-profile defaults) that get the highest CTR on listings.
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Drone Photographer's Quick Start: DJI RAW to Shareable JPG
DJI's DNG output is technically RAW but holds aerial-specific quirks. This guide covers lens correction, sky banding, and the JPG export settings that look right.
Pet Photography: Capturing Motion and Color in JPG Output
Black dogs disappear, ginger cats over-saturate, white poodles glow. This guide explains why pets are JPG's hardest subjects and what to do about it.
Wedding Photographer Burnout: Cutting Editing Time by 70 percent
A diagnostic look at where wedding editors actually lose time, and the specific automation moves that cut delivery times from 8 weeks to under 2.
How Wildlife Photographers Cull and Convert 2,000+ RAW Files Per Shoot
Wildlife shoots produce huge bursts. This is the proven cull-and-batch-export workflow used by working pros at Yellowstone, Kruger, and the Galápagos.
Canon Photographers' Guide to JPG Output (CR2 + CR3)
Canon shoots CR2 on older bodies and CR3 on the R-series. The conversion-to-JPG pipeline differs subtly. Includes Canon DPP settings that match the in-body JPG engine.
Sony Alpha to JPG: Complete Workflow for α7, α9, α1 Shooters
Sony's ARW format isn't supported by half the world's tools. This guide shows the fastest paths from sensor to deliverable JPG using Imaging Edge, Capture One, and web tools.
How to Back Up 10,000 iPhone Photos Without Losing Quality
iCloud is expensive, HEIC is incompatible with most non-Apple devices, and storage drives keep filling up. Here's a tested workflow for archiving an iPhone library cleanly.
Stock Photo Submission Checklist: Getty, Adobe Stock, Shutterstock JPG Specs
Each stock agency has its own JPG specifications — minimum pixel count, embedded colour profile, allowed compression, EXIF requirements. This is the consolidated checklist photographers actually need.
Real-Estate Photography: From Camera to MLS in 5 Minutes
MLS systems reject many photo formats and cap file size. This guide walks through the shoot-to-listing pipeline that gets your photos onto Zillow, Redfin, and Rightmove without rejections.
How to Deliver Wedding Photos to Clients in 2026: RAW to JPG to Gallery
A start-to-finish workflow for wedding photographers: cull, edit, batch-export RAW to JPG, prep the gallery, and deliver. Includes proven file-size budgets for online proofing and printable masters.
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.