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Learn the Novus apps
Core, step-by-step guidance for the tools — grouped by app and written to stand on its own. Each app has a deeper library inside the product itself; these are the essentials. For the full reference see the documentation, and for the stories behind the builds, the product blog.
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Novus PDF Studio
- Use cases
Assemble a client intake packet: merge, fill, sign, protect
Build a complete client intake packet in Novus PDF Studio end to end: merge the separate forms at /tools, organize and rotate the pages, fill and sign every field in the editor, stamp page numbers, and lock the finished document with an AES-256 password before you send it.
9 min · IntermediateStart - Use cases
Prepare a form for multiple signatures and witnesses
Set up a Novus PDF Studio form that needs more than one signature, such as two parties plus a witness, by placing a labeled signature field and a date beside each signer, letting everyone draw their own visual mark, and routing a flattened copy to each in turn.
9 min · IntermediateStart - Editing & layers
Placing and styling PDF fields by hand: text, numbers, checks, dates
A hands-on guide to placing and styling PDF fields yourself in Novus PDF Studio — text, number, check or cross, and date-style layers, with precise position, font, size, and color control.
10 min · IntermediateStart - Use cases
Fill and sign a scanned paper form
Turn a photographed or scanned paper form into a finished document in Novus PDF Studio: capture the page well, import it as a PDF, align fields by hand over the printed lines, draw a signature, and export a flattened copy that reads like ink on the page.
10 min · IntermediateStart
Novus Convert
- Formats & batch
Rasterize an SVG to PNG or WebP at any size
Turn a vector SVG into a fixed-pixel PNG or WebP with Novus Convert: understand why platforms need a raster, choose a format that keeps or flattens transparency, set the output size deliberately, and confirm the route in /conversions.
8 min · IntermediateStart - Formats & batch
Convert to animated GIF and APNG
Convert supported images to the animation-capable GIF and APNG outputs in Novus Convert, weigh universal GIF reach against full-color APNG fidelity, and confirm the exact input-to-output pair at /conversions before you commit.
8 min · IntermediateStart - Use cases
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 - Use cases
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 - Formats & batch
Convert TSV & TXT: pick the right delimiter and encoding
Choose between CSV, TSV, and TXT when a tool demands a specific delimiter, dodge the comma and tab collisions that break rows, keep text encoding and the byte-order mark clean, and prove the output parses before you trust it in Novus Convert.
9 min · IntermediateStart - Formats & batch
Convert CSV, JSON, and spreadsheet data in the browser
Round-trip data files between JSON, CSV, TSV, and TXT in Novus Convert without a server touching them. Learn how data shape, delimiters, and encoding decide whether a conversion is clean — and how to prove the output parses before you rely on it.
9 min · IntermediateStart - Formats & batch
Create and convert archives in a mixed batch
Work with ZIP, TAR, and TAR.GZ in the same queue as images and data files: swap archive containers, extract contents, bundle finished outputs into one archive, and stay inside the safeguards that keep big archives from swamping browser memory.
9 min · IntermediateStart - Formats & batch
Convert and transcode video: MP4, MOV, MKV & WebM
Transcode MP4, MOV, MKV, and WebM between each other, extract an audio track, and capture a poster frame in Novus Convert — every video processed locally in the browser through a WebAssembly build of FFmpeg, with each result validated before it downloads.
9 min · IntermediateStart - 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
Novus Odds
- Getting started
Configure Novus Odds markets: range, margin, stake, and seed
Learn what each Novus Odds market knob does — odds range, market margin, pricing uncertainty, experiment size, stake, and reproducible seed — so experiments stay comparable.
9 min · IntermediateStart - Use cases
Favorites vs longshots in Novus Odds: reading odds buckets
Use Novus Odds buckets to compare favorites, moderate underdogs, and longshots — volume, hit rate, and ROI by price band instead of one blended win rate.
8 min · IntermediateStart - Use cases
Expected value and ROI in Novus Odds
Learn how Novus Odds separates expected ROI from observed ROI so you can see the gap that finite samples and variance create — without confusing a hot run for an edge.
9 min · IntermediateStart - Use cases
Variance, streaks, and confidence intervals in Novus Odds
Interpret losing streaks, drawdowns, confidence intervals, and reproducible seeds in Novus Odds so one dramatic path does not masquerade as a durable edge.
10 min · IntermediateStart
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