Site News & Updates

A record of all major updates and feature releases from 2010 to 2026

54 updates 2010 - 2026

2026

June 18, 2026 New Feature Document

Optimized Multi-page PDF Download Experience

Optized the download experience for multi-page PDF conversions. After converting a multi-page PDF, c...

March 20, 2026 Milestone Tech

Conversion Engine 3.0 Released

Released the all-new ConvertEngine 3.0. A unified architecture supporting image, video, PDF, and doc...

January 15, 2026 Milestone i18n

Support for 37 Languages

Language support expanded to 37, adding Romanian, Slovak, Swahili, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese, Tr...

2025

December 1, 2025 Milestone Design

Site-wide UI Overhaul

Modernized the entire site UI with a new design language and interaction paradigm. Optimized drag-an...

September 22, 2025 New Feature Emerging

Added JXL (JPEG XL) Format Support

Added JPEG XL (JXL) format support. JXL is the successor to the JPEG format, offering better compres...

July 15, 2025 New Feature Document

Added PDF to JPG Conversion

Added PDF-to-JPG conversion with customizable output quality. Users can adjust JPG compression quali...

April 10, 2025 Milestone i18n

Support for 30 Languages

Language support expanded to 30, adding Thai, Filipino, Urdu, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, Bengali, Czech,...

January 20, 2025 New Feature

Added BMP to WebP Conversion

Added BMP-to-WebP conversion. BMP is an uncompressed format with enormous file sizes. Converting to ...

2024

November 15, 2024 New Feature

Added PNG to WebP and JPG to WebP

Added PNG-to-WebP and JPG-to-WebP conversion. WebP is the recommended image format for modern web pa...

August 8, 2024 New Feature

Added TIFF to WebP Conversion

Added TIFF-to-WebP conversion. TIFF files are typically very large; converting to WebP can dramatica...

May 20, 2024 Milestone i18n

Support for 20 Languages

KkConvert now officially supports 20 languages including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French,...

February 14, 2024 New Feature

Added WebP to SVG and HEIC to WebP

Expanded the format conversion matrix with WebP-to-SVG vector conversion and HEIC-to-WebP conversion...

2023

December 25, 2023 New Feature Document

Added SVG-to-PDF and PDF-to-SVG Conversion

Added bidirectional conversion between SVG vector graphics and PDF. SVG-to-PDF facilitates vector pr...

October 20, 2023 New Feature Document

Added Image to EPUB E-book Conversion

Added image-to-EPUB e-book conversion. Combine multiple images into EPUB format e-books, ideal for c...

August 15, 2023 New Feature Document

Added Image to HTML Conversion

Added image-to-HTML conversion, embedding image content directly into HTML documents. Uses Base64 en...

June 1, 2023 Milestone Performance

Site-wide Performance Optimization

Comprehensive performance optimization of the entire conversion engine. Image format conversion spee...

March 15, 2023 New Feature Pro

Added DNG RAW Format Support

Added Adobe DNG (Digital Negative) RAW format support. DNG is Adobe's standardized RAW format, incre...

January 20, 2023 New Feature Animation

Added APNG Animation Support

Added APNG (Animated PNG) format support. APNG supports animation while maintaining PNG transparency...

2022

November 11, 2022 New Feature Video

Added GIF to MP4 Video Conversion

Added GIF-to-MP4 video conversion. MP4 format produces files 5-10x smaller than GIF with better qual...

August 30, 2022 New Feature Video

Added MOV Video Frame Extraction

Added Apple QuickTime MOV video frame extraction. iPhone videos use MOV format by default — users ca...

May 15, 2022 New Feature Pro

Added FITS Astronomical Data Format

Added FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) astronomical data format support. FITS is the standard ...

February 22, 2022 New Feature Pro

Added NRRD Scientific Data Format

Added NRRD (Nearly Raw Raster Data) scientific data format conversion. NRRD is widely used in medica...

2021

November 18, 2021 New Feature Pro

Added DICOM Medical Imaging Support

Added DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) medical image format conversion. Medica...

September 5, 2021 New Feature Gaming

Added Sprite Sheet Generator

Added sprite sheet generation, combining multiple small images into a single large image. Produces s...

June 20, 2021 New Feature Pro

Added QOI Format Support

Added QOI (Quite OK Image Format) support. QOI is a minimal, high-speed lossless image format with e...

March 10, 2021 New Feature Pro

Added SGI and Sun Raster Format Support

Added SGI (Silicon Graphics Image) and Sun Raster professional graphics format support. These format...

2020

December 1, 2020 Milestone Security

Site-wide HTTPS Encryption Upgrade

Enabled HTTPS encrypted transmission across the entire site to protect user data. All file conversio...

August 15, 2020 New Feature Developer

Added Base64 Encode/Decode

Added image-to-Base64 encoding and Base64-to-image decoding. Convert image files to Base64 strings f...

April 22, 2020 New Feature Enhancement

Added Image Watermarking

Added online image watermarking with customizable text, opacity, and position parameters. Easily pro...

January 15, 2020 New Feature Enhancement

Added Image Grayscale Feature

Added image grayscale (black & white) conversion. Supports multiple grayscale algorithms for natural...

2019

October 28, 2019 New Feature Popular

Added AVIF Format Support

Added AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) conversion support. AVIF is a next-generation image format based ...

June 10, 2019 New Feature

Enhanced GIF Conversion Capabilities

Enhanced GIF animation processing with GIF-to-WebP (preserves animation) and GIF-to-PNG (preserves t...

February 20, 2019 New Feature Popular

Added HEIC/HEIF Format Support

Added Apple iPhone HEIC/HEIF photo format conversion support. iPhone photos use HEIC by default, whi...

2018

November 5, 2018 New Feature Pro

Added WBMP, PPM, XBM Format Support

Added WBMP (Wireless Bitmap), PPM (Portable Pixmap), and XBM (X BitMap) professional format support....

July 22, 2018 New Feature

Added SVG Vector Conversion

Added SVG vector image format support. Convert SVG to JPG or PNG bitmap formats, or convert JPG/PNG ...

March 15, 2018 New Feature Pro

Added PCX Format Support

Added PCX (PC Paintbrush) format conversion support. PCX is an early bitmap format still used in som...

2017

November 30, 2017 New Feature Document

Added Image to Word/PPT Conversion

Added image-to-Word (DOCX) and image-to-PowerPoint (PPTX) conversion. Convert image content into edi...

June 25, 2017 New Feature Document

Added PDF to Image Conversion

Added PDF-to-PNG image conversion, supporting page-by-page conversion of multi-page PDF files. Uses ...

January 10, 2017 New Feature Document

Added Image to PDF Conversion

Added image-to-PDF conversion, supporting merging multiple images into a single PDF document. Accept...

2016

September 18, 2016 New Feature Enhancement

Added Image Resizing

Added online image resizing with support for pixel or percentage-based dimension adjustments. Uses h...

May 28, 2016 New Feature Enhancement

Added PNG Compression

Added PNG image compression using intelligent lossless compression algorithms that effectively reduc...

February 14, 2016 New Feature Enhancement

Added JPG Compression

Added JPG image compression with customizable quality. Users can freely adjust the compression ratio...

2015

October 10, 2015 New Feature Video

Added WebM Video Frame Extraction

Added WebM video format frame extraction. WebM is a popular format for YouTube and web videos. Users...

March 22, 2015 New Feature Video

Added Video Frame Extraction

Added video-to-image conversion, supporting frame extraction from MP4 videos saved as JPG or PNG ima...

2014

September 15, 2014 New Feature Pro

Expanded RAW Format Support

Expanded Camera RAW format support with Olympus ORF and Fuji RAF format conversion. Now supporting R...

April 20, 2014 New Feature Pro

Added Camera RAW Format Support

Added support for major digital camera RAW formats including Canon CR2, Nikon NEF, and Sony ARW. Pho...

2013

November 8, 2013 New Feature

Added TGA Format Support

Added TGA (Targa) format conversion support. TGA is a commonly used texture format in game developme...

June 12, 2013 New Feature

Added ICO Icon Conversion

Added ICO icon file format support. Convert JPG or PNG images to ICO icon files, or convert ICO file...

January 25, 2013 New Feature

Added PSD Format Support

Added Adobe Photoshop PSD file conversion support. Users can now convert PSD files to JPG or PNG for...

2012

July 18, 2012 New Feature

Added TIFF Format Support

Added TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) conversion support. TIFF is the standard format in the printin...

February 10, 2012 New Feature

Added PNG to JPG Conversion

Added PNG to JPG conversion with an adjustable quality slider, allowing users to freely balance file...

2011

August 20, 2011 New Feature

Added WebP Format Support

Following Google's introduction of the next-generation WebP image format, added WebP-to-JPG and WebP...

March 15, 2011 New Feature

Added GIF Format Support

Added GIF format conversion support. Users can now convert GIF animations to JPG static images or PN...

2010

September 6, 2010 Milestone

KkConvert Officially Launched

KkConvert website officially launched, offering free online image format conversion. Initial support...