The SWF format is one that you’ll find commonly used for browser games, vector animations and other types of multimedia that imply video, sound and/or user interaction. Initially developed by Macromedia, SWFs are currently Adobe Flash files and their name is an acronym for ShockWave Flash or Small Web File.

SWF files can contain a collection of images, including both vectors and bitmaps, as well as ActionScript content — a scripting language that facilitates user interaction. A SWF file can contain from few images to more than a hundred pictures with text, animation, and scripts in various combinations. For example, one page with text and several raster images inside it. Extracting all raster images by converting a SWF file to one or more image files can be a tricky operation and requires using a software program that can process multi-page image files, such as reaConverter.

Here Is How It Works:

Download and install reaConverter. It can be downloaded and tried for free at this address: www.reaconverter.com

Install reaConverter

Load Your SWF Files

Start reaConverter and load one or more SWF files into reaConverter by using the drag-and-drop tool or by browsing them manually from your hard drive.

Set-up SWF Loading Options

Go to the Menu button and click Saving settings → Additional saving settings and go to the Multipage tab. Here you can customize the way you want your images to be grouped after conversion from muti-page SWF.

To extract raster images from vector images included in the SWF file, go to Loading settings → Vector format loading settings. In the newly opened window, click Extract images from SWF.

Save the Result

Finally, go to Saving options and pick a location for your converted images, as well as their format — from the buttons conveniently placed in the lower part of the screen. In case you choose a single page format, such as JPG, your output images can be stored separately from one another, but if you pick a multi-page one, such as PDF or TIF, all images included in the SWF file can be collected in a single output file. Also, if you pick GIF, the result will be a similar animation, but one that might be easier to handle than its Adobe Flash input version.

After selecting the desired format, simply press Start and your new images will soon be ready!

Video Tutorial

Advanced users can convert SWF files using command line interface or via DLL in manual, automated or scheduled mode. You are welcome to contact our technical support when you have any questions about reaConverter.

The TIF (Tagged Image File) format is often preferred by photographers because of the image quality it provides, as well as its compression features and availability for editing. TIFs provide high colour-depth images and smaller processing times than, for example, EPS or AI files. Apart from photography, the TIF format is also used in the professional printing or publishing industry and in graphic art.

As opposed to JPEGs, which provide a “lossy compression” of the image, TIF files can ensure a “lossless” compression, thus retaining all the image details with increased accuracy. This, however, also means that uncompressed TIF files tend to get very large and are more difficult to store or share.

With its equal range of both advantages and disadvantages, the TIF format is preferred by some and avoided by others. If you are a developer who plans to create an integrated solution that offers its users the possibility to convert image files both to and from the TIF format, here are 3 essential tips:

1. Choose a professional converter which can be easily incorporated in the custom solution you plan to design. reaConverter Pro is a great option, because apart from its GUI interface, it can also be operated through the command-line interface. This means that you can run it both directly, by issuing command through mouse clicks, or indirectly, by writing ”command lines” which dictate the program what operations to undertake. The first option might seem easier at first glance, but it is less effective when you plan to do advanced programming. In fact, reaConverter Pro is precisely addressed to developers and professional image designers, and it can be tried for free at reaconverter.com

 

2. Use reaConverter Pro to automate a series of routine and/or reoccurring operations connected to how your software handles conversions to and from the TIF format. Thus, you will be able to increase your productivity, spend less time doing tedious operations over and over again, as well as avoid errors and generally work more effectively.

 

3. Use the program’s command-line tool, cons_rcp.exe, to integrate the conversion of TIFs in and from a large variety of formats, including JPG, PNG, PDF and many others — in your custom programming solution. The tool can be used through third party applications via command-line interface. By using it, you can also define the variety of image editing actions to apply to your files. Depending on what you plan to do with your TIF files, reaConverter lets you choose between 2 kinds of CCIT compression: Group 3 compression and Group 4 compression. A comprehensive command-line interface manual is available at this address: http://www.reaconverter.com/features/command-line.html

Example of command-line conversion:

Here is a quick tutorial of how you can find it and how you can start using the command-line feature.

To convert TIF file into JPG try:

cons_rcp.exe -s "C:\source_file.tif" -o "C:\output_file.jpg" -jpg_quality 100%

Batch TIF to JPG conversion from one folder to another:

cons_rcp.exe -source_folder "C:\source_folder\" -source_ext tif -dest_path "C:\output_folder\" -dest_ext jpg

Command-line tiff conversion tool is an advanced feature meant for professional use, and is available in Pro edition only.

• (CLI) Command Line Interface Reference Guide

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Luckily, nowadays professional photographers no longer have to undertake the painstaking task of writing down a long series of details about the photos they take, since most digital cameras (including the one on your smartphone) can automatically store all the info they might need, as EXIF data.

EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) data can be stored for several types of image formats, including JPEG, TIFF and RAW, and it contains a lot of relevant details about when and where the photo was taken (date, time, GPS coordinates), with what camera (brand name, lens type), and how (shutter speed, ISO speed, aperture, white balance, focal length etc.). All this useful information is embedded in the image file and can be accessed using, for example, Windows Explorer (right click on the image and then check the Properties section) or an image editor.

If you plan to convert your image files and are interested in preserving the EXIF date and time, you will need to use a proficient converter. We recommend reaConverter, which lets you opt for keeping the EXIF date and time from the input to the output image during conversion. All you need to do is follow the 3 easy steps of the conversion process:

1. Load all the images you need to convert. reaConverter supports batch conversion for over 400 image formats, including archaic and rare.
    
2. Browse through the image editing options and choose the ones that best fit your needs. Here you can decide to resize or rotate the image, add borders or shadows, adjust colors, add effects or watermarking. And then tune up your options using a comprehensive set of alternatives.
    
3. After picking the location and format for your output file, tick this box: Set converted file date (see below). Then choose EXIF date and time from the dropdown menu, and start the conversion process. You will quickly be able to enjoy your new images, including their input EXIF date and time.

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Advanced users can do the same using command line converter in manual, automated or scheduled mode. You are welcome to contact our technical support when you have any questions about reaConverter.