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Tips and tricks on image formats and their file sizes, and the processes the photo effects on this website are copying.

Most of these started as a question someone actually asked. Why can't I open my file? Why is the image file size so large? Why does that filter never quite look like film? The answers usually turn out to be more interesting and simple than the question, and a lot more specific.

• Why won't my WebP file open? 23 August 2026 You saved a picture off a website and now nothing will open it. The file ends in .webp, your software has never heard of it, and the browser you got it from displays it perfectly. Here is what is actually going on. Read the whole article
• How to make a photo look vintage 23 August 2026 Photographs do not just fade with age. They pick up grain from the film they were shot on, and the print itself collects scratches, stains and dust. Those three things together are what make a photo look genuinely old. Read the whole article