GraphicConverter is

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that displays and edits

raster graphics upright=1, The Smiley, smiley face in the top left corner is a raster image. When enlarged, individual pixels appear as squares. Enlarging further, each pixel can be analyzed, with their colors constructed through combination of the values for ...

files. It also converts files between different formats. For example, one can convert a

GIF The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF; or , ) is a Raster graphics, bitmap Image file formats, image format that was developed by a team at the online services provider CompuServe led by American computer scientist Steve Wilhite and released ...

file to a

JPEG JPEG ( , short for Joint Photographic Experts Group and sometimes retroactively referred to as JPEG 1) is a commonly used method of lossy compression for digital images, particularly for those images produced by digital photography. The degr ...

file. The program has a long history of supporting the

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platform, and at times it has been bundled with new Mac purchases. , GraphicConverter can import about 200 file types and export 80. Images can also be retouched, edited, and transformed using tools, effects and filters. The software supports most

Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc., Adobe for Microsoft Windows, Windows and macOS. It was created in 1987 by Thomas Knoll, Thomas and John Knoll. It is the most used tool for professional digital ...

plug-ins, including TWAIN. The application features a batch processor, slideshow mode, image preview browser, and access to

metadata Metadata (or metainformation) is "data that provides information about other data", but not the content of the data itself, such as the text of a message or the image itself. There are many distinct types of metadata, including: * Descriptive ...

comments (such as XMP,

Exif Exchangeable image file format (officially Exif, according to JEIDA/JEITA/CIPA specifications) is a standard that specifies formats for images, sound, and ancillary tags used by digital cameras (including smartphones), scanners and other system ...

, and IPTC). GraphicConverter is available in more than a dozen languages including: *

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; *

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; *

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; * English; * French; * German; *

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; and * Spanish. Old versions that run on

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are available for download and include a license key. These versions are no longer supported, however. The currently supported version runs on

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, is available as

shareware Shareware is a type of proprietary software that is initially shared by the owner for trial use at little or no cost. Often the software has limited functionality or incomplete documentation until the user sends payment to the software developer. ...

, and is maintained by LemkeSoft, a software company based in

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List of supported file formats
Classic Mac OS software MacOS graphics software Proprietary raster graphics editors MacOS-only proprietary software {{mac-software-stub

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