Very often trying to edit an image, users encounter a problem when the editor does not support a specific format. Also, different formats have different features and properties that are better suited for a given case. One way or another, there is a need to change the extension. Fortunately, this is done very easily and quickly. In this article, we'll figure out how to change the format of a photo. Let's get started. Go!

There are many different image formats.

In total there are several ways to install another image extension. Consider each of them in more detail.

The first option is to use the well-known Microsoft Office program. Despite the fact that this utility is designed primarily for working with documents, it will perfectly help you to solve other tasks, such as photo conversion. To do this, copy the image into a Microsoft Word document. Then click on it with the right mouse button and in the pop-up menu click on the item “Save as picture ...”, then in the opened window you will need to select the extension in which you want to save your photo. Microsoft Office Word allows you to convert the image into the following formats:

• Tiff;
• Gif;
• BMP;
• PNG;
• JPEG.

Click Save as picture and select file format.

These types of extensions are used most often, so in most cases you can use this method.

If for some reason you do not have a Word document editor on your computer, use the Paint program built into the Windows operating system. The principle of operation is similar. First, copy and paste the desired image, and then click "Save As" in the "File" menu. Then you just need to specify the desired format. If you use the Paint utility, here the choice of available extensions is somewhat larger due to the BMP and JPEG variants.

Another way is to use the well-known Adobe Photoshop image editing program. In Photoshop, everything is exactly the same. First you upload a photo, then go to the “File” menu and select the “Save as ...” item in it. In the window that appears, it remains to indicate the desired extension, the choice of which in Adobe Photoshop is quite wide. Of course, downloading and installing Photoshop solely in order to convert JPEG to PNG is impractical, because for this you can use the built-in Paint.

There is another option that allows, in general, to do without any utilities. All you need is to go online and find a special online image conversion service, of which there are many. Such services allow you to quickly change the extension of the photo without unnecessary fuss and registration.

If you need to reduce or enlarge a photo, it can also be done without any problems in Paint (just press the "Resize" button on the toolbar) or Adobe Photoshop.

As you can see, this question is solved very simply. Use the way that you prefer. Write in the comments if this article helped you solve the problem and share tell other users what method you think is the most convenient and effective.