Image tools for designers

Compress mockups, convert formats, export at multiple sizes, strip metadata before sharing. Your client work never touches a server you don't control.

The designer's image problem

You finish a design. You need to share it — with a client, on a portfolio, on social media. Each context wants something different: a tiny thumbnail for the portfolio grid, a large hero image for the case study, a specific aspect ratio for Instagram, a smaller compressed version for email.

Doing this in Photoshop or Figma every time is slow. Doing it through online services means uploading work that may not be public yet to a stranger's server.

pictoolkit lets you do all of it in your browser. Drop your exports, get the variants you need, never upload anything.

Common designer workflows

Portfolio site optimization

Designer portfolios are notoriously heavy. Hi-res screenshots, large mockup renders, full-resolution photography. Compressing these properly cuts page load time dramatically without affecting the visible quality.

Workflow: export from your design tool at 2× resolution. Drop into our compressor. Set quality 85 in WebP. Use the JPG fallback for older browsers. Page weight drops by 70-80%.

Client deliverables

Clients usually want PNG or JPG at specific dimensions. They don't want WebP (yet) and they don't want 8000-pixel files. Use our resize and convert tools to produce the exact deliverables they specified.

Keep originals in your design tool. Generate client versions through pictoolkit. Never email a client a file you only have one copy of.

Social media exports

Different platforms, different aspect ratios. Use our resize tool's preset menu for Instagram (square, portrait, story), LinkedIn banner, Twitter header, YouTube thumbnail, Pinterest pin. One source, multiple exports.

Pre-share metadata stripping

Mockups exported from design tools often contain EXIF data revealing the software used, when it was made, sometimes the file path. Our upcoming EXIF viewer shows you what's in the file and lets you strip it.

Privacy matters for designers

Design work is often sensitive in ways that aren't obvious:

  • NDA-bound work. Many client engagements have non-disclosure agreements. Uploading deliverables to a third-party service can technically violate them.
  • Pre-launch products. A leaked mockup of an unreleased product is bad for the client and bad for you.
  • Comps under review. Multiple iterations before final approval shouldn't be public.
  • Pitch work. Speculative work for a client you haven't signed.

pictoolkit processes everything locally. No risk of any of the above leaving your computer.

What designers want that other tools miss

Real batch processing

Twenty design comps at different stages. Forty product mockups for an e-commerce client. Sixty Instagram exports across a campaign. Designer work often involves processing many files at once, with different individual settings. Our tools handle batches of 100+ with per-image control.

Format support

Designers work with PNG, JPG, WebP, sometimes AVIF, occasionally PDF and SVG. We handle all of these. Coming soon: PDF export for case study compilations and SVG→PNG raster for legacy systems.

Color preservation

Compression algorithms can shift colors subtly. Our tools use proper color management to preserve sRGB. (P3 wide-gamut support coming.)

Tools designers use most

  • Compress — for portfolio and deliverable optimization
  • Resize — multi-format social and marketing exports
  • Convert — between PNG, JPG, WebP, AVIF
  • PNG to WebP — for huge screenshot file size reductions
  • EXIF viewer — coming soon, for metadata cleanup
  • Remove background — coming soon, for clean cutouts

Start with your hardest export

If you've got a designer pain point — too-large PNG screenshots, slow portfolio pages, batch resize for client delivery — start there. Drop a few files into the relevant tool and see what comes out.