Guides, Tips & How-Tos for Images
Step-by-step guides on converting, compressing, and editing images. No jargon, no fluff, just what works.
Print Your Own Postcards: JPG Specs for Moo, Postable, and Local Print
Bleed, safe areas, and resolution for 4x6 and 5x7 postcards across the major online printers, plus a pre-flight checklist that catches the most common print rejections like low DPI, missing bleed, or text too close to the trim.
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Travel Photo Edit-and-Share Flow: Phone to Instagram in Five Minutes
A repeatable trip routine: cull on the lock screen, light edit in Snapseed or Lightroom Mobile, export JPG at platform-correct social sizes, and post without burning hotel Wi-Fi caps or losing the original camera-roll file.
School Yearbook Bulk Processing: From 1,200 Portraits to Print PDF
Naming conventions, color-correction passes for mixed studio lighting, and the batch JPG-to-PDF export that yearbook printers like Jostens and Walsworth actually expect, with a downloadable checklist for the yearbook adviser.
Lab Notebook Scanning for Reproducible Research
How to scan handwritten lab notes into searchable, archive-grade JPG and PDF outputs without sacrificing line work on graph paper or losing ink color, plus naming patterns that survive lab moves and PI handovers years later.
Dissertation Figure Handling: Charts, Photos, and Diagrams That Print
When to keep figures as vector versus raster, the DPI requirements that university print services and ProQuest expect, and how to package thesis figures so reviewers can actually open them without resorting to email attachments.
Online Course Slide Optimisation: Faster Load, Sharper Text
Slide-to-JPG export settings for Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi, and Udemy that cut video bandwidth and quiz-page load times without making screenshots of code samples, diagrams, or tiny on-slide footnotes go blurry on mobile.
Teachers: Turn Word and Excel Docs Into Classroom Signage JPGs
Quick conversion routes for classroom rules, seating charts, schedules, and lab safety posters, plus how to keep printed text crisp at A3 and 11x17 when the original document was a Word file built for letter-sized printing.
3D Render Portfolio Export: Blender, Cinema 4D, and Unreal to Web JPG
Render settings, gamma and color-space handling, and the export pipeline that keeps highlights, shadows, and emissive detail intact when moving from a 32-bit EXR master into web-friendly JPGs for ArtStation and a personal site.
Digitising Vintage Film: 35mm, Medium Format, and Slides
Hardware options under and over five hundred dollars, scan resolution recommendations for each film size, and how to convert TIFF masters into shareable JPGs without baking in dust spots, color casts, or grain artifacts.
Comic Book Scanning: Page Settings, Spine Handling, and JPG vs CBZ
DPI choices for floppies versus trade paperbacks, how to keep newsprint dot patterns from moire-ing across scans, and when to package pages as a CBZ archive instead of distributing individual JPGs through reader apps.
Art Reproduction Prints: Color-Accurate JPGs for Giclee and Canvas
How to photograph or scan original artwork with even lighting and a known color target, then export JPGs that giclee and canvas printers can reproduce without the muddy shadows or shifted reds that kill artist sales.
Estate Sale Cataloguing: Photograph and Organize Hundreds of Items in a Day
A field-tested workflow for tagging, batch-resizing, and exporting JPGs for listing apps like EstateSales.net and printed inventory sheets, with tips for shooting fast in dim rooms without losing important condition details.
Stamp and Coin Macro Imaging: JPG Settings for Collector Catalogs
Lighting setups, white-balance choices, and export presets that capture the surface detail collectors care about for grading and provenance, without producing bloated 50 MB files that nobody can email or upload to auction sites.
Genealogy Photo Scanning: Capture Once, Archive Forever
Recommended scanner settings, naming conventions tied to surname and year, and the TIFF-master plus JPG-derivative split that keeps your family history research usable, shareable, and printable for the next two generations.
Email Signature Images That Actually Render: Outlook, Gmail, and Apple Mail
Why your signature looks broken in some clients but fine in others, the safe pixel-width and KB ceilings that every mail app respects, and how to export a JPG that survives Outlook, Gmail, Apple Mail, and webmail clients alike.
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.
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.
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.