Guides
The tools handle the thirty-second version. These are the longer answers: what the formats are, where they break, and which fix suits which situation.
- How to open a PSD without Photoshop
A designer sent you a .psd and nothing will open it. What is inside the file, the four ways out, and which one you need depending on what you are doing with it.
- Why won't my TIFF open?
The web never adopted TIFF, which is why your scan works on your machine and nowhere else. Why scanners still use it, and the three ways out.
- How to make a favicon
A favicon is several sizes in one file, and the artwork has to survive 16 pixels. What browsers ask for, where the files go, and what to draw.
- What is a WebP file, and how do I open it?
The web changed format while nobody was watching. Why sites serve WebP, where it stops working, three ways out, and the animation catch nobody mentions.
- What is a JFIF file, and why won't it open?
A JFIF is a JPEG under its formal name. Why Windows saves downloads that way, where the file gets rejected, and four fixes from permanent to one-off.
- How to get text out of a scanned PDF
Why searching a scanned PDF finds nothing, how to tell the two kinds of PDF apart in two seconds, and how to read one without uploading it anywhere.
- iPhone photos won't open? HEIC, explained and fixed
Why iPhones shoot HEIC, exactly where those photos refuse to open, and five fixes ranked from permanent to one-off.