How to change photo extension to jpg

– Igor (Administrator)

Today, there are a lot various formats photo files. And not all programs can open and play them all. For example, one of the oldest BMP formats, which stores all the information about the colors of each pixel (which is why it takes up quite a lot of space). Very few programs can open it. And all because the most common formats are JPEG and PNG. You can give other examples, but the essence does not change. The question of how to change the photo format will be relevant for almost any beginner. This will be the topic of this article.

But first I would like to make one clarification so that you do not try to change formats by simply renaming the file. Format and extension are not exactly the same thing, although they are often used interchangeably. A format is how data is stored within a file. And the extension is the characters after the dot in the file name, which allow operating system, such as Windows 7, determine which program should open this file.

Note: If you happen to have a specific format or you simply need the ability to control quality in more detail, then you can always use advanced graphic editors.

In this article, I will consider a method available to everyone on how to change the photo format in Windows 7, namely standard tool Paint. If you are more interested flexible settings or capabilities, then as a little earlier in the note, you can always take advantage of the advanced graphic editors photo. Now, let's move on to the method itself.

1. Open the photo you need in Paint editor. This can be done very simply. Click right click mouse over the file and select "Open with..." from the menu that appears. Then select "Paint". If this item is not in the list, then click on “Select a program...”, where you need the “Paint” program.

2. After your photo opens in the editor. Needed in left top corner press the blue button with a list icon, as shown in the figure above.

3. A menu will open. You need to hover your mouse over the "Save As" option. Then you can select the required format from the drop-down menu. For four of them the opportunity was made quick call- these are PNG, JPEG, BMP and GIF. If you need a different format, then select "Other formats".

4. After this, a window will open with a choice of where to save the file. In this window, you can also change the format of the saved file; you do not have to go through the instructions again.

5. The file will be saved in the format you need.

As you can see, changing the photo format in Windows 7 is very simple and will not cause any difficulties.

Quite often when creating photo albums and processing photographs, the need arises to change their sizes, and here we're talking about not only about reducing or enlarging them, but also about changing the format, aspect ratio, the need to fit the photograph into some specific form of a standard card. All this can be done using available tools. If you are interested in how to change the format of a photo, then this will be discussed below. You will need Adobe application Photoshop.

How to change photo format: instructions

First you need to open the file that contains the original image. This is done through standard command"Open" located in the menu
"File". In the window that appears in front of you, you need to specify the path to the file you are looking for, and then click “Ok”. Now that the photo is open, you need to copy it to This is done by selecting the image and then copying it using Edit>Copy.

You can use the key combinations Ctrl+A, and then Ctrl+C. Now you must create new document in the format you require for your work. In the new window, you need to fill in the fields that are interesting to you, namely, the parameters of the width and length of the image that will be obtained as a result. You must select dimensions in the units in which the final result should be obtained; it can be millimeters, centimeters, pixels - they are all in the drop-down menu.

Before you agree with set parameters, you need to check the "Resolution" field, which contains a specific technological value, incorrect value which may affect the quality future photography very negative. Most optimal value is 300 dpi.

If we talk further about this, then it is worth saying that after all the manipulations done, a Blank sheet. Now you can paste an image from the buffer here. Now you should have a picture in front of you, shown in whole or in part.

Speaking about how to change the format of a photo in Photoshop, it’s worth saying that now you need to fit the old image into new format. The inserted fragment must be put into editing mode, then click “Editing” - “Free Transformation”. Small squares will then appear around the edges and corners of the inserted image to help guide you through the process. For ease of use, good visibility of the edges of the image is required. If the elements of interest extend beyond the edges of the view, then working becomes very inconvenient.

Now that the controls and borders of the final image are clearly visible, you can zoom. When held Shift key you need to carefully pull the squares in the corners. It’s worth continuing to move until the most necessary part is in the visible part, and the unimportant part, which you don’t mind losing, fits. Final choice you must confirm by pressing Enter. You can always cancel last action if the result is unsatisfactory.

Understanding further the question of how to change the format of a photo, it is worth saying that after completing the manipulations, you should click “Merge image” to remove it from the file unnecessary information. And the last thing to do is save the resulting image to disk. The most popular format is JPEG. You can save the image using the menu command “File” - “Save As”. The window indicates the name of the new photo, format and storage location.

Now you know how to change a photo, so you can get to work.

When working with various programs who process audio, video and graphic information, the problem of changing the file extension often arises. What is it for?

As a rule, when uploading certain files to the site (for example, a picture for an avatar - images for your profile, or a movie or song on the VKontakte site), the site system requires that they be downloaded in a certain format.

Likewise, some computer games require downloading music or images in a specific format in order for the files to be available while playing.

Finally, there are programs that can only run or play certain types of files.

Now let's move directly to how to change the file type. These procedures are simple and do not require any special skills from you.

How to change the file type of photos and other images

To do this, it is most convenient to use the "Paint" program, which is included in standard set programs that come with Windows.

So, open Paint - to do this, go to the "Start" menu, then - "All Programs" - "Accessories" - "Paint". It’s even more convenient to right-click directly on the image file and select “Open with” - “Paint” from the drop-down menu.
Everything else is simple. Click the top one left button menu called "File" and select "Save As", after which you will see a window where top menu You will have to choose where to save new file. And in the lower menu at the top, select a name for the file (you can leave it as it is), and at the bottom - the required extension.
After that, click “Save” and confirm saving.

That's all - now you have the same file, but in a different format.

How to change the video or audio file type

This is a somewhat more complicated procedure, however, there are excellent programs here that will help you quickly (in the case of a small amount of audio or video information) convert files. One such converter is a program called " Format Factory"Why exactly it? Firstly, it is free; secondly, its free distribution does not in any way affect the excellent work of this program.

Download the program and install it by placing a shortcut on your desktop.
Launch the program - on the left you will see a menu: “Video”, “Audio”, “Photo” and some other options, which we will not talk about here, since we will not need them.
Let's say we need to change the video file format from *mkv to *avi. To do this, click on the “Video” menu and select “All in AVI” - as you can see, here you can convert videos into many formats.
In the menu that appears, click on “File” and find the required one. Do you see it appearing in the central window of the program? Pay attention to the "Adjust" menu - there you can adjust the quality of the resulting image.
Select the destination folder below. You can select as desired, you can save the result to the original folder.
Now click “OK”, and in the main menu on “Start” - find the button with a green triangle at the top.
The conversion process has started - you can monitor it in the central window, where the completion process will be shown. Once the conversion is complete, you will see “Completed” in the progress column.
Now right-click on the file and select “View final file” - then the file will launch in the new format, or “Open final folder” - then you will see the file with the new extension.

As for converting audio files, the process is the same. Open "Format Factory", click on the "Audio" menu item and select what format we want to convert our recordings to. After this, we select as many records as we need using the above method (you can even different folders) and start the conversion in the same way.

Note that the program also supports changing extensions graphic files. If you need to change the extension of one image file, then it is better to use Paint, but when changing extensions en masse, the same Format Factory will help you out a lot.