Image Tools

How the image category is organized

Use resizing when pixel dimensions need to change, compression when file size is the main problem, format conversion when compatibility matters, OCR when readable text must be extracted, and metadata cleanup when you want a fresh copy without common embedded EXIF or GPS details. The CCTV and paper-size tools solve narrower tasks and state their own limits on the relevant page.

Trust and privacy ? image tools

Image processing can affect transparency, text edges, colour, detail and metadata, so keep the original before making a delivery copy. Browser-focused tools reduce unnecessary file movement where supported, but each tool can have different library or format requirements. Check the page-specific notes, inspect the exported image at normal zoom, and avoid treating enhancement or OCR output as recovered information that was never present in the source.

Image tasks have different goals

Compression reduces file size, resizing changes pixel dimensions, format conversion changes encoding, and metadata removal deals with information stored inside the file. Treating these as separate jobs prevents a successful conversion from solving the wrong problem.

Browser-side processing is useful for ordinary images because the file can often be handled locally. The focused tool page explains supported formats and what the browser actually does with the selected image.

Check the output

After processing, inspect dimensions, format, visual quality and any metadata relevant to your workflow. A smaller image is not automatically a better image, and a new format may change compatibility with another application.