GraphicConverter
Encyclopedia
GraphicConverter is computer software
that displays and edits computer graphics
files. It also converts files between different formats
. For example, one can convert a GIF
file to a JPEG
file.
, GraphicConverter could import about 200 file types and export 80. Images can also be re-sized, rotated and inverted, and minor editing tasks performed, and the software supports standard Adobe Photoshop plug-ins and hence TWAIN
. The application includes a batch processor, slideshow mode, image preview browser, and access to metadata
comments (such as XMP
, Exif, and IPTC
).
GraphicConverter is shareware
that runs on both the classic Mac OS
and Mac OS X
and is maintained by the German-based LemkeSoft. GraphicConverter is available in over a dozen languages including English
, French
, German
and Spanish
.
The program has a long history of supporting the Apple Macintosh platform, and at times it has been bundled with new Mac purchases. It is very flexible and supports many graphics formats, from files produced on all platforms.
Computer software
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
that displays and edits computer graphics
Computer graphics
Computer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....
files. It also converts files between different formats
File format
A file format is a particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.Since a disk drive, or indeed any computer storage, can store only bits, the computer must have some way of converting information to 0s and 1s and vice-versa. There are different kinds of formats for...
. For example, one can convert a GIF
GIF
The Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability....
file to a JPEG
JPEG
In computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
file.
, GraphicConverter could import about 200 file types and export 80. Images can also be re-sized, rotated and inverted, and minor editing tasks performed, and the software supports standard Adobe Photoshop plug-ins and hence TWAIN
TWAIN
TWAIN is a standard software protocol and applications programming interface that regulates communication between software applications and imaging devices such as scanners and digital cameras....
. The application includes a batch processor, slideshow mode, image preview browser, and access to metadata
Metadata
The term metadata is an ambiguous term which is used for two fundamentally different concepts . Although the expression "data about data" is often used, it does not apply to both in the same way. Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures, cannot be about data, because at...
comments (such as XMP
Extensible Metadata Platform
The Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform is a standard, created by Adobe Systems Inc., for processing and storing standardized and proprietary information relating to the contents of a file....
, Exif, and IPTC
IPTC Information Interchange Model
The Information Interchange Model is a file structure and set of metadata attributes that can be applied to text, images and other media types...
).
GraphicConverter is shareware
Shareware
The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...
that runs on both the classic Mac OS
Mac OS
Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
and Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
and is maintained by the German-based LemkeSoft. GraphicConverter is available in over a dozen languages including English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
.
The program has a long history of supporting the Apple Macintosh platform, and at times it has been bundled with new Mac purchases. It is very flexible and supports many graphics formats, from files produced on all platforms.