File Conversion Blog
Expert tips, tutorials, and insights about file conversion, document processing, and digital workflows.
The Complete Guide to PDF OCR: Extract Text from Scanned Documents
A practical, concise guide to PDF OCR: what it is, how it works, and how to get accurate text from scanned PDFs.
10 Essential File Conversion Tips Every Professional Should Know
10 practical file conversion tips: choosing formats, preserving quality, reducing size, and avoiding common conversion mistakes.
Image Format Comparison: PNG vs JPG vs WEBP vs AVIF
Choose the best image format for quality and performance: PNG vs JPG vs WEBP vs AVIF with a simple decision guide.
Batch File Conversion: Save Time with Bulk Processing
Batch conversion basics: how to convert many files at once with consistent settings, naming, and error handling.
Document Security: Best Practices for File Conversion
Protect sensitive files during conversion with practical privacy, encryption, and workflow best practices.
Understanding PDF Compression: Size vs Quality Trade-offs
Compress PDFs the right way: what makes PDFs large, which settings matter, and how to balance quality vs file size.
JWT Decoder Basics: Read Tokens Without Guesswork
Understand JWT structure (header/payload/signature), what a decoder reveals, and when you must verify HS/RS signatures.
JWT Debugging Checklist: Fix “Invalid Token” Fast
A practical checklist for JWT failures: signature issues, wrong audience/issuer, clock skew, and algorithm mismatches.
Base64 Explained: Why It Exists and When to Decode It
A concise guide to Base64: what it is (and is not), why APIs use it, and how to decode safely.
Base64 Files and Data URLs: Decode to Real Files
Decode Base64 file payloads and data URLs into real downloads, with practical file-type checks.
URL Decoder and Query Strings: Make Links Readable
Decode percent-encoded URLs and parse query strings into readable key/value pairs for debugging redirects and API requests.
Percent-Encoding Pitfalls: Double Encoding, Plus vs %20, and Delimiters
Avoid common URL encoding bugs: double encoding, incorrect decoding order, plus-vs-space confusion, and reserved character issues.
Epoch Time Explained: Seconds vs Milliseconds
Learn epoch time, how to tell seconds vs milliseconds, and avoid the classic 1000x timestamp conversion bug.
Time Zones and ISO 8601: Stop Off-By-Hours Errors
A practical guide to ISO 8601 and time zone offsets so your logs and reports stop drifting by hours.
JSON Formatter for Debugging: Make Payloads Readable
Pretty-print, validate, and minify JSON so payloads are readable, comparable, and safe to parse.
JSON Validation Common Errors: Trailing Commas, Quotes, and Control Characters
A practical guide to the most common JSON validation errors, how to spot them fast, and how to fix them safely.
Unicode Escape Decoder Guide: Turn Escapes Into Text
Decode Unicode escape sequences (\uXXXX / \u{...}) into readable text, with examples, pitfalls, and a practical troubleshooting workflow.
Decode Emoji Surrogates: Fix Broken Emoji in Logs and JSON
Why emoji sometimes appear as surrogate pairs and how to decode them safely, including common failure cases and a quick validation checklist.
HTML Entity Decoder: Clean Text from Web Content
Convert HTML entities (&, <, ') into plain text for clean exports, search indexing, and analysis.
When to Decode HTML Entities: Safety and Readability
Know when to decode HTML entities for readability without breaking rendering or increasing XSS risk.
Gzip and Base64 in API Payloads: Why It Happens
Understand why APIs sometimes send gzip-compressed data as Base64, and how to decode it back to JSON/XML safely.
Fix Gzip Base64 Errors: Invalid Header and Garbled Text
Decode failures are usually format mixups (gzip vs deflate, truncated Base64). Fix them with a quick checklist.
SAML Response Decoding: From Base64 to XML
Decode Base64 (and optionally deflated) SAML responses into readable XML to inspect assertions, audience, and signatures.
SAML Debugging for SSO: A Practical Checklist
A practical SAML troubleshooting checklist for SSO failures: time, destination, audience, NameID, attributes, and signatures.
QR Code Generator for Links, WiFi, and Contacts
Create scannable QR codes for Link/Text/WiFi/vCard/Event/WhatsApp/SMS/Email with a simple, reliable workflow.
QR Code Best Practices: Size, Contrast, and Testing
Improve QR scan reliability with practical guidance on size, contrast, content length, and real-device testing.
PDF OCR Accuracy Checklist: Get Cleaner Text
A focused OCR checklist: scan quality, contrast, language selection, and verification steps to improve text accuracy.