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Novus Convert

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  1. Novus Convert favicon workflow turning a square transparent PNG into a validated ICO file for a website root.
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    Make a favicon: convert a PNG to an ICO

    Turn a square, transparent PNG into a website favicon by converting it to ICO in Novus Convert, confirming the route in /conversions and letting validation prove the file before you place favicon.ico at your site root.

    8 min · BeginnerStart
  2. Novus Convert tutorial exporting an image to TIFF for print and archival pipelines and to BMP for a legacy tool that requires it
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    Export TIFF and BMP for print and archival

    Export to TIFF for print shops, scanning, and long-term archives, and to BMP for the legacy tools that still demand it, confirming the exact route in /conversions, respecting the 100 MB and 80 megapixel source limits, and remembering that BMP flattens transparency onto white.

    8 min · IntermediateStart
  3. Novus Convert tutorial exporting a transparent PNG texture to a validated TGA file for game engines and art tools.
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    Export TGA for game engines and art tools

    Convert a PNG or another supported source image to a validated TGA for game engines and art tools in Novus Convert, confirming the route in /conversions and respecting the local image limits and the validation gate.

    8 min · IntermediateStart
  4. Novus Convert privacy model: a file processed locally in browser memory, held behind a temporary object URL, and released for download only after it passes a validation gate.
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    Keep files private: local processing & the validation gate

    A hands-on tour of how Novus Convert keeps files private: active conversion runs in your browser memory on your device, signatures rather than filenames decide handling, and a validation gate withholds every download until the real result passes a signature, container, or decodability check.

    9 min · BeginnerStart
  5. Novus Convert troubleshooting tutorial showing a failed queue row being diagnosed, retried, and resolved
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    Troubleshoot failed conversions in Novus Convert

    A calm, ordered way through any failed row: read what the validation gate is telling you, unmask renamed and unsupported files, work within the size limits, split batches that strain browser memory, and file a bug report that actually helps.

    8 min · BeginnerStart
  6. Novus Convert decoding Canon CR2, Nikon NEF, and Sony ARW camera RAW files into JPG, PNG, and TIFF locally in the browser.
    Use cases

    Convert camera RAW photos: CR2, NEF & ARW to JPG, PNG & TIFF

    Decode camera RAW files — Canon CR2, Nikon NEF, Sony ARW, and more — into shareable JPG, PNG, or TIFF in Novus Convert, entirely in the browser, with each result validated before it downloads.

    8 min · IntermediateStart