Easy Graphics File Converter
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Easy Graphics File Converter is for converting one or many graphics files from one format to another. The graphics file formats supported are GIF, JPG, BMP (Windows bitmap files) and PNG (Portable Network Graphics). The last format is comparatively new, but is supported by later versions of most browsers, allowing PNG images, in addition to the usual GIF and JPG images, to be displayed in web pages. Most of the images in this documentation are PNG images.
This program allows you to do the following:
* Convert a single image file to all other supported formats except for GIF (e.g., JPG to PNG and BMP; or GIF to PNG, BMP and JPG).
* Convert a non-JPG image file to a set of JPGs over a range of quality/compression values.
* Optimize JPG files for size.
* Convert a set of any number of image files from one format to any other except GIF.
* Convert a set of any number of JPG images to JPG images with a specified quality/compression value.
The reason why conversion to GIF images files is not supported is that Unisys Corporation (which acquired patents on the LZW algorithm used in GIF compression) adopted the policy of requiring any program developer marketing a software which creates GIF files to purchase a license. This is the main reason why the PNG image file format was developed.
You can save an often-used configuration (the name and location of the folders for the input and output images) in a file (with .sta extension), and later restore it, using the usual Windows open/save dialog box. This is useful if you perform conversions often using the same input and output folders.
Note that the extension of a graphics file to be converted must be correct, because the file format used in conversion is taken from the file extension (so .jpeg files must be renamed as .jpg files). If a PNG file incorrectly has a .jpg extension (this has been known to happen) then an error will be reported.
The license of this software is Free Trial Software, the price is $19.45, you can free download and get a free trial.

