Output Formats

13. March 2025

Picturepark supports the following transformations. Below is an overview of possible output for the listed input file type and corresponding actions.

For information about supported file formats in Picturepark, see Supported File Formats.

Picturepark automatically modifies the following:

Rotate Action — You cannot select this rotate action or define properties, as it is automatically applied with predefined settings in Picturepark. Images are auto-rotated based on their Exif values.

Color Conversion Action — The color conversion action is automatically applied in Picturepark when needed. This converts images from CMYK print usage to RGB web usage.

The following table describes the available actions and possible outputs for image, vector, document, audio, and video files.

Input file type	Available actions	Possible outputs
Image	Watermark Action — The watermark modification applies an image overlay. You need to store your watermark image (png, gif, tiff) on an absolute path on the server. Then you can define a distance from the four borders in pixels (margin left, margin top, margin right, margin bottom). You can leave the margins empty. You must set the opacity (0.1 to 1) used for transparency and an aspect ratio - the ratio of the width of a shape to its height (e.g., 8:5, 16:10, and 1.6:1 are the same aspect ratio). Unsharp Mask Action — The unsharp mask action allows unsharp masking based on the specified amount, radius, and threshold. The following values need to be defined: Amount of 1 to 500 percent, Radius of 0.1 to 1000.0 pixels, and a Threshold of 1 to 255 levels. Rotate Action — You cannot select this rotate action or define properties, as it is automatically applied with predefined settings in Picturepark. Images are auto-rotated based on their Exif values. Resize Action — The resize modification resizes formats to a certain size. This is available for all file types (images, video, audio, document). Crop Action — The crop modification crops your rectangle dimensions, starting at the x:y coordinates. Alpha Handling Action — The alpha handling modification handles alpha channels (transparency) in images, so transparency in PNG is handled when converted into JPG (which has no transparency).	Original JPG PNG TIFF WebP WebP offers file sizes that are around 30% smaller than JPEG without a quality gap. It also provides transparency (alpha channel) like PNG and can animate images like the GIF format. Picturepark only renders the first frame as a preview and does not create animated Webps. AV1 Image File Format (AVIF) An image file format specification. AVIF supports animations, live photos, and more through multilayer images stored in image sequences. It offers better support for graphical elements, logos, and infographics, where JPEG has limitations. It provides better lossless compression than JPEG.
Vector	By applying a Temporary Still Format, all actions available for image type files can be used.	Original SVG PDF Temporary Still Format (rasterized image)
Document	By applying a Temporary Still Format, all actions available for image type files can be used.	Original PDF Temporary Still Format (rasterized image)
Audio	By applying a Temporary Still Format, all actions available for image type files can be used.	Original AAC MP3 Temporary Still Format (rasterized image)
Video	By applying a Temporary Still Format, all actions available for image type files can be used.	MP4 KeyFrame Image Temporary Still Format (rasterized image)

Output Formats

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