Protecting your original photography online has become a necessary step. In theory, any photo you take is automatically protected by copyright. No one else should copy it without your prior authorization. In reality, it’s not the case. Photos are getting stolen and misused each day.…
When you talk about digital images, you inevitably think about JPEG. For almost 30 years, this has been the most used format to view, edit and distribute images across the internet. JPEG has been and still is the most popular format, but other options, capable…
The landscape of image formats has changed significantly in the last decade. A new generation of formats is gradually making headway, offering diverse advantages over the traditional image files such as JPG or PNG. One of those new contenders is WebP. If you’re an average…
In 2017 Apple made a bold move and decided to change the default image format on iPhone and iPad. The company opted to let go of the popular JPEG and adopt the HEIC format. No matter if you’re an iOS user or not, you’ve probably…
Reducing the size of images is many times a necessary phase in the photo editing process. Making your images smaller can help you improve the loading speed of your website or blog, save important storage space on your Mac, as well as share photos online…
Watermarking your photos is a step that shouldn’t be overlooked. No matter if you’re a photographer trying to generate income from your photography business, a graphic design artist, a blogger or a realtor, inserting a copyright text or your logo into your original pictures can…
Adding the date and time to the photos taken with your iPhone can be a good idea from various perspectives. This is a great way to keep track of when exactly those images were shot, to remember a special event or moment in your life,…
Cropping is an important phase of the photo editing process. There are several situations where this operation can turn out to be truly useful. Cropping can help you improve the composition of a photo, effectively change the aspect ratio, switch from one orientation to another…
Image resizing is an important part of the editing process. When dealing with high-resolution photos, this step is always required for several reasons. Making pictures smaller helps us optimize our websites by developing a faster page loading time (which Google loves), it helps us properly…