Want to convert and resize images with better quality? Add watermark to images? Create web image galleries? For years people have been complaining about how hard it is to find software for what should be a simple job - converting images in various formats, ready for the web. While a few software companies provide some "nice" answers, the truth is even their tools have many drawbacks: You need to buy a much larger package of software to get the few features you need. Even then, the software treats the user like a child, providing ready-made settings, instead of allowing the user total control over the image.

Now I will recommend some true image conversion utilities to you, they are: Smart Converter, ReaConverter Pro, Graphics Converter Pro, Able Batch Converter, Advanced Batch Converter and Graphic Converter. Following are the detailed introductions of them. Follow me, pick out a favorite image conversion utility for you and convert your images as you need!

Smart Converter is a multipurpose program for viewing, converting and editing images, with a rich toolset, various effects, and filters. Beside that, we can carry out all these operations in a batch mode, allowing us to avoid repetitive operations in processing a large number of images. It also has a convenient ability to run slideshow and capture images from the screen.

It's also worth mentioning small but handy features like printing of images directly from Smart Converter and the option for setting them as wallpaper on our desktop. Supported formats: bmp, jpg, gif, png, tif, jpeg, rle, dib, pcd, icb, ico, wmf, tiff, tga, pcx, scr, emf, jif, vda, jfif, rgb, afi, vst, win, cel, jpe, rgba, pic, pcc, cut, ppm, pgm, pbm, sgi, rla, rpf, psd, pdd, psp, cur, targa, bw, tar, jfi, eps (preview), int, inta, fax, jng, mng, 411, wbmp, wbm, ani, pix, thm, g3f, g3n, jp2, j2k, jpc, jpx, j2c, j, rl4, rl8, sys, tim, g3, tpi, tpic, pnm, pxm, iri, iris, rppm, rpgm, rpbm, rpxm, rpnm, rpp, rpg, rpb, rpx, rpn, bpx, wap.

Smart Converter has 100+ image effects, including: Resize, rotate, flip, mirror, canvas size, crop, add text, negative, grayscale, equalize, brightness, contrast, color balance (rgb, hsv, hsl), change color depth, swap colors, sharpen, blur, emboss, enhance, morphing, and more. With feature-rich editing tools and various filters, Smart Converter will be our irreplaceable assistant.

ReaConverter Pro is powerful batch-image-conversion software with an unrivaled number of supported graphics file formats: more than 340. Understandable on a hunch, ReaConverter Pro makes image conversion and oft-recurring picture editing simple for us. The program can rename files (advanced options are available), and edit images (crop, rotate, resize, mirror, sharpen, blur, detail, smooth, contour, stamp, and change resolution and color intensity). Transparent watermarks and borders can be added as well. When processing images, ReaConverter Pro optionally keeps EXIF information that can be used for advanced renaming or watermarking. Importantly, the alpha channel used for watermarking is kept.

In addition to offering command-line support, ReaConverter allows us to save a set of image-editing tasks as a script for later use. Version 5.0 is an improved version of 4.0. The new functions include: Windows Vista full compatibility; Increased speed of conversion and editing; 400+ file formats supported; Photoshop plug-ins in the automated editediting; process; Built-in scheduler.

Graphics Converter Pro is an easy-to-use and powerful batch image viewer and graphics converter, that can import 500 graphic formats and export 100 formats including BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG and many others. The program comes with 50 image filters, including Blurring, Sharpening, Embossing, Diffusing, Color Balance and more as well as 12 image effects, including Flip, Wave, Noise, Arbitrary Rotation and more. In addition, Graphics Converter Pro includes a simple screen capture tool and a slideshow feature.

Able Batch Converter enables us to process lists or folders of images. We can convert them to a different format, add image effects, resize the output images, apply color corrections and sharpening, crop images, swap color channels and more. The actions can be combined into a single processing step and also saved as action lists for later. Able Batch Converter supports more than 90 image formats. Whether it's converting the images to another format or putting various effects to it the Able Batch Converter software is the best to do the work.

The program has a simple user interface to perform the work. The software is downloaded, installed and launched in few seconds. The screen appearing in front of the user gives the look of a spreadsheet. Firstly in the Files option we just need to select the files or folders for processing. The list of the selected files is shown in the middle screen with name, files count and output name. We can remove the image file that we do not want to include. Also we can make a selection by clearing all files in the list. The preview of the highlighted images is shown on the right side of the screen.

Advanced Batch Converter allows you to convert multiple graphics files at once. You can also view, print, capture and edit images. You can resize, rotate, flip, mirror, crop, and use filters, morphing effects, watermarks and color enhancements on images. The program supports 80 file formats, including BMP, GIF, PNG, JPEG, WMF, TIFF, TGA, PCX, PSD, PSP, WBMP, and JP2.

Graphic Converter is software for converting graphic formats. It supports reading graphics of BMP, DIB, JPG, JPEG, GIF, ICO, ICB, PCX, PCD, PSP, PBM, PGM, PSD, PPM, PSG, PNG, VST, VDA, EMF, WMF, TIF, TIFF, WBMP, RLE, SGI, and more. It supports saving graphics to DIB, BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, ICO, TIF, TIFF, WBMP, WMF, EMF, PNG, TGA, and more. It supports screen capturing with different ways. It supports more than 50 different filters. It supports unlimited UNDO and REDO operations. We also can open and view more than 30 image formats, save and write more than 10 image formats, capture screenshots in many ways, stretch images to icon-size and save them as icon files, and edit images with selection, resize, rotate, and canvas. More than 50 filters are supported, including noise, contrast, soften, and lightness, as are unlimited undo and redo operations.

In short, if you are looking for a simple and easy-to-use batch images and graphics converter, Graphics Converter Pro is just for you! In addition, Graphics Converter Pro includes a simple screen capture tool and a slideshow feature. If you need a multipurpose and powerful graphics converter, Smart Converter or ReaConverter Pro is your best choice! Smart Converter allows us to view, convert and edit images, with a rich toolset, various effects, and filters. ReaConverter Pro is powerful batch-image-conversion software that makes image conversion and oft-recurring picture editing simple for us.

If you have large numbers of images need to be converted, then Able Batch Converter is your indispensable assistant. It enables us to process lists or folders of images. If you have various formats need to convert, Graphic Converter is your best choice. Graphic Converter supports for almost any formats of image. With Graphic Converte we also can open and view more than 30 image formats, save and write more than 10 image formats, capture screenshots in many ways. How about these images and graphics converters? What are you waiting for? Download your favorite one and try it now!