XnConvert — The Complete Guide: Convert and Process Hundreds of Images in One Run
XnConvert, from XnSoft, is a dedicated tool for working on many images at once. You build a chain of actions, check the result in a live preview and run it on a whole folder. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, with no ads and no installer add-ons.
XnConvert
XnSoft (Pierre-Emmanuel Gougelet)
Batch image converter: reads over 500 formats and resizes, crops, rotates and watermarks a whole folder in one run.
Get it from the vendorWhat you get
- More than 500 input formats — and about 70 output formats, including JPG, PNG, TIFF, WebP and PDF.
- Over 80 actions — resize, crop, rotate, colour correction and sharpening.
- Text and watermarks — stamp a project name or date on every site photo.
- Renaming and metadata — consistent numbering and editing or stripping EXIF data.
- Presets and watch folders — save an action chain and run it automatically on new files.
What is free and what is not
XnConvert is free for private or educational use, including non-profit organisations. Company use, including an engineering office preparing inspection reports for clients, requires a paid licence, starting from 15 euros per licence. A student or lecturer can use it freely; a business should buy a licence or choose an open-source tool.
Related tools
For open-source batch conversion from the command line, free for companies too — ImageMagick. For viewing, sorting and processing with the same XnSoft engine — XnView MP. For a light Windows viewer with batch conversion — IrfanView.
ImageMagick
ImageMagick Studio LLC
A command-line suite for processing and converting images in more than 200 formats — automate resizing, cropping and conversion.
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XnView MP
XnSoft
A cross-platform image browser and batch converter supporting more than 500 formats, including RAW and HEIC.
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IrfanView
Irfan Skiljan
A fast image viewer with batch convert, resize and rename — for sets of site photos and scanned drawings.
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File Converter
Adrien Allard
Convert and compress images, video and audio straight from the Windows right-click menu, without opening an app.
Get it from the vendorThe bottom line
The most convenient way to shrink, stamp and number hundreds of photos before they go into a report, through a simple graphical interface. For commercial work, factor in the licence cost.