How to choose image tools
Start with the change you need to make. Compress Tools handles file size, Convert Tools handles formats, and Edit Tools handles direct changes such as cropping or resizing. Other categories cover privacy edits, generated assets, colors, text, and metadata. For video, audio, subtitles, or fonts, open Media Tools.
Compress or convert image files
Open Compress Tools when the image format can stay the same and the file needs to be smaller. The category includes Image Compressor, GIF Compressor, and SVG Optimizer. Open Convert Tools when the output needs another format. Its pages cover HEIC to JPG, general image conversion, image to WebP, and PNG to JPG.
- Compress Tools reduces the file size of images, GIFs, and SVGs.
- Convert Tools changes an image's format, including HEIC to JPG and PNG to JPG.
Editing and cleaning images
Open Edit Tools for direct changes to an image. Its pages cover animated-image editing, aspect-ratio checks and cropping, background removal, icon resizing, cropping, effects, flipping, perspective correction, resizing, rotating, and watermarks.
Open Clean Tools when part of an image needs to stay hidden. Its Image Privacy Editor permanently blurs or redacts faces, plates, and other sensitive areas.
- Edit Tools changes an image's layout, orientation, appearance, or added elements.
- Clean Tools obscures sensitive areas in an image.
Find colors, text, and image details
Open Color Tools for color work. Its pages pick colors from an image, convert color values, search color names, build palettes, and check contrast. Extract Tools reads text from an image with OCR. Inspect Tools reads its EXIF metadata.
- Color Tools returns a color value, palette, or contrast check from image input.
- Extract Tools reads text from an image.
- Inspect Tools reads EXIF metadata from an image.
Create image assets
Open Generate Tools when you need a favicon, collage, meme, QR code, or sprite sheet made from image assets. Its pages include Favicon Generator, Image Layout Maker, Meme Generator, QR Code Generator, and Sprite Sheet Generator.
Typical image-tool jobs
- When a PNG needs to become a JPG, open Convert Tools.
- For a favicon or sprite sheet made from image assets, open Generate Tools.
- To hide a face or plate before sharing an image, open Clean Tools.
- To get words out of a screenshot, open Extract Tools.
Frequently asked questions
Which image tool should I use to reduce file size?
Choose Compress Tools when the image format can stay the same and the file needs to be smaller. Use Convert Tools when the result needs another format, such as WebP or JPG.
Where can I convert an image to JPG or WebP?
Open Convert Tools. It has pages for general image conversion, HEIC to JPG, PNG to JPG, and image to WebP.
Which image tool can remove private details?
Open Clean Tools for image privacy edits. Its Image Privacy Editor permanently blurs or redacts faces, plates, and other sensitive areas.
How can I get text or EXIF data from an image?
Choose Extract Tools for text recognized with OCR, or Inspect Tools for an image's EXIF metadata. Extract Tools reads words; Inspect Tools reads EXIF metadata.