Save Image As Type Team

We build Save Image As Type, a browser extension that converts images on your own device. We also write this blog, which means every article that mentions our extension is written by an interested party and says so.

What this byline holds itself to

  • Every factual claim traces to the party that made it. If the best available source is a content farm, the sentence is deleted instead of hedged.
  • Claims about our own extension are checked against its source code, not against our marketing copy.
  • Any article that mentions a product we own carries an ownership disclosure, whether money is involved or not.
  • No invented benchmarks, no invented user counts, no invented quotes, and no numbers we did not measure or cite.
  • When a competitor is better at something, the article says so.

The product's own story, the permissions it asks for and what it sends are on about, permissions and the privacy policy.

Articles

Title card reading "Rename Images as You Save Them"

ConvertingExtensions

Rename Images as You Save Them

Web images save as download.jpg or a string of hex because nothing told the browser otherwise. Why that happens, and how to name every image from a template the moment it lands.

8 min read

Title card reading "Are online image converters safe? The two different risks"

ConvertingPrivacy

Are Online Image Converters Safe? The Two Different Risks

Most do what they promise. The real cost is your file landing on someone else's server, and a few that hand back malware. Plus the routes that never upload.

10 min read

Title card reading "WebP will not open in Windows Photos"

WebPJPG

WebP Will Not Open in Windows Photos: What Windows Is Actually Missing

WebP is the one image format Windows does not decode on its own. One free Microsoft package fixes Photos, File Explorer and Paint - plus the half it misses.

12 min read

Title card reading "The WebP Problem: why your downloads will not open"

WebPJPG

The WebP Problem: Why the File Will Not Open, and the Fix

Your browser saved a WebP and now nothing on your desktop opens it. Why renaming does not help, and five routes to a real JPG or PNG.

13 min read

Title card reading "How to Save an Image as AVIF Without an Online Converter"

AVIFConverting

How to Save an Image as AVIF Without an Online Converter

No browser can encode AVIF, so there is no Save as AVIF anywhere in yours. Three routes to an AVIF file, what it saves you, and when it is the wrong choice.

8 min read

Title card reading "How to Save an Image as PDF Without Printing the Page"

PDFConverting

How to Save an Image as PDF Without Printing the Page

Ctrl+P gives you the page, not the image. Three routes to a one-page PDF from a picture on a website, and the one case where nothing is re-encoded at all.

8 min read

Title card reading "Best Image Converter Extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge"

ExtensionsConverting

Best Image Converter Extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge

The most popular one was pulled for injecting affiliate links. What to check before installing a replacement, including the one place a competitor beats us.

8 min read

Title card reading "How to Save WebP Images as JPG"

WebPJPG

How to Save WebP Images as JPG

The site gave you a .webp file and the app you need it in will not open it. Three ways to get a real JPG, and what each one costs you.

5 min read

Title card reading "How to Save WebP Images as PNG"

WebPPNG

How to Save WebP Images as PNG

PNG when you need the pixels kept exactly and the transparency intact. How to get one from a WebP, and when PNG is the wrong choice.

3 min read

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