Any Image

Images are used in a pretty large variety of activities, and it can even represent you in a social network or compose the presentation you need for a project. In any case, limitations can come in the form of file format, so pictures you want to upload or use might require conversion. This is where specialized applications like Any Image come in handy for quick, batch conversion.

The whole process is guided by a wizard-driven method that makes it easy for beginners and experienced individuals to go along, because it doesn’t feel overwhelming by making everything available in a single, crowded panel. Descriptions are found along the way, so you know what to do in every menu.

Needless to say that you need to decide on a collection of pictures. Luckily, file format is a major advantage, and you have to possibility to load pictures like BBM, BMP, CAL, CUR, DDS, DIB, FIT,FITS, GIF, HDR, ICO, IFF, IMG, JIF, JPEG, LBM, MAC, NEO, PBM, PCX, PFM, PGM, PIC, PNG, and a lot more.

Pictures can either be loaded through the browse dialogs for individual files or folders, as well as dragging files or folders over the main window. You’re free to remove the surplus from the list, or even search for others on your computer with a built-in engine.

The second, and last step is where you get to manage more technical details. One option is to set the output folder, with options to leave it the same as source and replace original ones, choose output format, corresponding quality and coloring settings, as well as whether or not to have them resized by writing down target resolutions.

On an ending note, Any Image manages to live up to expectations, letting you process an impressive amount of image file formats. These can be converted with little effort, and even rotated or resized to other size specifications. It could have used a built-in preview panel, but it’s worth your while in the end.