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Introduction
About Simple Image Tools
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General Reference Guide
Welcome screen
Select files to process
Select tool options
Select output file options
Select source files post-processing options
Summary and settings
Monitor process progress
Product Guide
Image Sort
Using tags to name folder and files
Image Convert
Conversion options
Image Encrypt
Encryption options
Image Exif Remover
Removal options
Image Frame
Frame options
Image Orientate
Orientation options
Image PDF Creator
PDF options
Image Resize
Resizing options
Image Scan
Scan options
Image Secret
Image Secret options
Image Watermark
Watermark options
Watermark tags
Miscellaneous Topics
Command line interface
Example: scheduling a watermark task
What are Exif tags?
Processing speed

Conversion options


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Format
Select one of 5 image formats to convert your images to:

· Compuserve Graphics Interchange (gif)  
· JPEG  
· Portable Network Graphics (png)  
· Tagged Image File Format (tif)  
· Windows bitmap (bmp)  
 
Colors
Select one of 4 color settings:

· Black and white  
· Grayscale  
· 256 colors  
· 16 million colors  
 
Note that certain image formats may not allow all the color options to be selected e.g. the gif format does not support 16 million colors.

Jpeg options - Quality
A higher quality results in a bigger file, while a lower quality image results in a smaller file.

Jpeg options - Chroma subsampling
Select one of 3 options:

· 4:1:1 (lowest quality)  
· 4:2:2 (medium quality)  
· 4:4:4 (highest quality)  

The type of chroma subsampling use affects the quality and size of the image. The higher the quality, the larger the size of the image file.

Png options - compression
Select the compression level for the png image. A higher compression level results in a smaller image file, but takes longer to generate.

Png options - filter
Select one of 3 options:

· none  
· paeth  
· sub  

Tiff options - compression
Select one of 2 options:

· none  
· LZW  

Selecting LZW results in smaller files, but increases the time slightly to generate the file.