Guides, page 4
How to cut out a picture in the app you already use, what a transparent PNG really is, and which background each place wants. Every method is tested, and every tool is named with whether it uploads your photo.
PNG vs WebP for websites: which should your images be?
WebP vs PNG for a website: file size, transparency, browser and CMS support, and the few places a PNG is still the better choice, with numbers and examples.
16 Sept 2026
Product photos on a white background: the rules marketplaces share
A white background for product photos: pure white versus off-white, framing, shadows and sizes for Amazon, Etsy, eBay and Shopify, checked September 2026.
16 Sept 2026
Profile pictures with a transparent or coloured background
A free PFP maker workflow: a transparent PFP or a bold coloured background for Discord, Slack and more, with circle crops and when transparency survives.
16 Sept 2026
Shopify product image size: square images, consistent backgrounds and limits
Shopify image size from Shopify Help: 2,048 x 2,048 for square product images, the 20 MB and 25 megapixel limits, and one background across the store.
16 Sept 2026
Sticker PNG: make stickers from your own photos
Make a sticker PNG from any photo for iPhone Messages, WhatsApp (512 x 512, 100 KB) or printing with a white outline. Official rules checked September 2026.
16 Sept 2026
The fake transparent PNG: how to spot one, and how to fix it
A fake PNG has the grey and white checkerboard painted into its pixels. How to spot one before you download, why they exist, and how to fix the one you have.
16 Sept 2026
Transparent PNG: what it is, where it works, and where it fails
A transparent PNG stores see-through pixels, not a checkered background. How to tell a real one, where transparency survives, and where it turns white.
16 Sept 2026
What is a HEIC file, and how do you open one on Windows?
What a HEIC file is, why your iPhone saves photos that way, and how to open HEIC files on Windows, Mac, Android and the web, or stop your iPhone making them.
16 Sept 2026
What is a JFIF file, and why did my image save as one?
What is JFIF: a JPEG with another name. Why Chrome on Windows saves images as .jfif, how to rename one to .jpg in seconds, and how to stop it happening again.
16 Sept 2026
What is a transparent background, really?
A transparent background is empty pixels, not white ones. How alpha works, why editors show a checkerboard, and which formats keep it: PNG, WebP, AVIF, not JPG.
16 Sept 2026
What is AVIF? The newest image format, and when to convert it
What is AVIF: the AV1 image format behind small web images, which browsers and apps open it, how it handles transparency, and when to convert it to PNG or JPG.
16 Sept 2026
Which photo background for which use: shops, profiles, IDs and more
Which photo background to use for Amazon, Etsy, eBay, Shopify, LinkedIn, passports, thumbnails and stickers, with each rule checked at its source.
16 Sept 2026Reading about it is slower than trying it
Drop a photo and get a transparent PNG at full resolution. Free, no account, nothing uploaded.