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The last file before an impact or a shutdown is the one that won't open — because that's the recording the camera never finished writing. What to do, in order, before you overwrite it.
Your MP4 shows 0:00, no thumbnail, and every player refuses it. Here's what actually broke, what the VLC trick can and can't do, and how to repair the file without uploading it anywhere.
The Play Store icon is 512x512. The adaptive icon is 108dp with a 66dp safe zone. Here is every Android icon size in one table, plus the mistake that gets logos clipped.
The shot is right but the timing is wrong. How to scale animation faster or slower in Maya, offset one control against another, and retime a section without wrecking the rest.
Your cover looks perfect on desktop and beheaded on mobile. How Facebook crops the same image two ways, the safe area that survives both, and the export that stays sharp.
A character grabs a cup, carries it, puts it down. Here's how to attach and release props in Maya — parent constraints done properly, and the faster fake-constraint workflow.
Thermal receipts fade to blank paper in months. Here's how to scan them into clean PDFs on your phone, keep them organised by month, and make the text searchable.
The right thumbnail size, why YouTube blurs uploads that technically meet it, and how to export one that stays sharp on a phone screen — where most views happen.
You have a photo of a page and you need the words in it. Here's how OCR actually works on a phone, what wrecks the accuracy, and how to do it without sending the page to a server.
Some portals reject a photo for being too small. Here's why a minimum file size exists, how to raise an image's KB without wrecking it, and the one method to avoid.
Someone sent a contract and asked for a signed copy. Here's how to sign it on the phone in a couple of minutes, what makes a signature hold up, and why printing and re-scanning is the worst option.
Job portals, visa applications and government sites cap uploads at sizes that look impossible. Here's how to read the requirement, hit it exactly, and keep the photo acceptable.
You scanned a contract, exported it, and there is a logo across the page. Here's which apps stamp your PDF, how to check before you waste an hour, and how to get a clean export.
PNG is the hardest format to squeeze under 100KB, and for photographs it is usually the wrong tool entirely. Here's when to keep PNG, when to convert, and how to hit the target.
The Graph Editor habits that separate fast animators from slow ones: reading spacing in the curves, taming tangents, and fixing the noise instead of re-keying.
Someone sent you a .HEIC file and nothing will open it. Here's what HEIC is, why Apple uses it, and how to convert it to JPG without uploading your photos anywhere.
You photographed a twelve-page contract and now you have twelve images. Here's how to capture several pages as one ordered PDF, fix the order when it goes wrong, and keep the file small enough to email.
JPEG is the format most likely to hit a 100KB target cleanly. Here's how JPEG compression works, where the quality actually breaks, and the settings that hold up.
Transferring animation between two Maya rigs rarely works on the first try. Here's why control names and hierarchies break the transfer, and the order that actually works.
Mirroring a pose in Maya looks simple until the rig fights back. Here's why a global mirror flips the wrong axis, and the per-control approach that survives odd joint orients.
Scan an ID card properly: both sides on one page, edges cropped, text readable, and the whole thing processed on your phone instead of uploaded to a server.
Resize an image to 100KB free in your browser. Why changing the dimensions beats crushing the quality, the exact order to do it in, and the honest limits.
Yes, there's a genuinely free animBot alternative: TheKeyMachine (open-source). Here's what it covers, where free runs out, and a $39 middle path if it does.
The best Maya animation plugins in 2026, free and paid: animBot, Studio Library, Tween Machine, aTools and AnimKit. What each one does and who it's for.
Paste a URL into a free SEO checker and get an instant on-page audit — title, meta, headings, schema, sitemap, AI-crawler access, security and speed. Here's how to read it.
Use a robots.txt generator to add a clean Sitemap line, avoid accidental crawl blocks, and help search engines find your sitemap.xml.
AnimKit ($39/yr or $79 once) vs animBot ($144/yr): an honest feature-by-feature comparison for Maya animators — including where animBot is still the stronger tool.
Baked or mocap animation leaves a key on every frame and noisy tangents. Here's how to clean animation curves in Maya — the built-in tools and a faster route.
Turn on Maya's editable motion trail to see a control's path — then here's why a speed-colored trail makes spacing and timing far easier to read.
Mixamo animation comes on Mixamo's skeleton, not your rig. Here's how retargeting to a Maya rig works — the manual HumanIK route and a one-click option.
Looking for a Studio Library alternative? This Maya tool reads your existing .pose files and adds per-control mirror/flip — no re-exporting, one toolbar.
Tween Machine blends one breakdown between two keys. Here's a Maya tween tool with eight modes — and an honest look at when the upgrade is worth it.
In HSL, yellow and blue at 50% lightness look nothing alike. OKLCH fixes that. Here's what the OKLCH color space is, why it beats HSL, and how to use it.
Convert a Word document to PDF for free without uploading it. Built-in export in Word, Google Docs, Mac, and phones — your file never leaves your device.
Add a password to a PDF for free without uploading it. Encrypt on Mac, Windows, or your phone so only people with the password can open the file.
Delete pages from a PDF for free without uploading it. Remove a blank, duplicate, or private page on Mac, Windows, or your phone in a few clicks.
Turn a PDF into JPG images for free without uploading it. Convert one page or a whole document to pictures on your phone or computer, step by step.
Merge PDF files for free without uploading them to a stranger's server. Three private ways to combine PDFs on your computer or phone, step by step.
Need just a few pages from a big PDF? Split a PDF for free without uploading it - extract pages or break one file into several, right on your device.
How To Write This' or 'How to write this'? Title case capitalizes the main words; sentence case only the first. Here's which to use, when, and the rules.
Your X post stops at 280 characters; Instagram hides everything after ~125. Here are the 2026 character limits for every major platform - post, caption and bio.
A 20 MB PDF won't attach to your email? Here's how to compress a PDF for free, right in your browser - nothing uploaded - and how small it can really get.
PNG, JPG, or WebP? Pick the right image format in seconds: which is smallest, which keeps transparency, which is best for the web - plus how to convert.
Most free online tools upload your files to a server. Here is what no-upload (client-side) tools are, why they matter for privacy, how to spot them
A practical 2026 guide to freeing up storage on your phone — Android and iPhone. See what's eating space, clear it safely, and stop it filling up again.
Create a privacy policy for your mobile app with a free generator - what it must cover and how it ties to Google Play Data Safety. A starting point
Looking for a free CamScanner alternative with no watermark? DocFlow Scanner scans to PDF with on-device Arabic & English OCR - no ads, no forced login
Compress an image to 100KB free in your browser — JPG, JPEG, PNG or a photo, nothing uploaded. How to hit the target on every format, with the honest limits.
Convert an image to PDF online for free, in your browser - nothing uploaded. Combine several photos into one PDF, or scan straight to PDF on your phone.
Convert JPG to PNG online for free, right in your browser - nothing is uploaded. When it makes sense (and when it doesn't), with the honest trade-offs.
How to convert a PDF to Word, including scanned and Arabic PDFs that need OCR. DocFlow Scanner does on-device Arabic & English OCR and exports editable
Convert PNG to JPG without uploading - it all happens in your browser, so your images never leave your device. Free, private, no signup.
Convert WebP to JPG for free without uploading your files - it runs in your browser, for compatibility with software that won't open WebP. Private
A free mobile document scanner for Android: DocFlow Scanner turns your phone into a scanner with on-device Arabic & English OCR and scan-to-PDF - no upload
A free strong password generator that runs in your browser - passwords are created locally and never sent to a server. No signup, and it works offline.
Convert HEX to RGB colors precisely and free in your browser. What HEX and RGB are, how to read a hex code, and when you need RGB/RGBA for CSS.
Create SEO meta tags - title, description, and Open Graph - with a free in-browser meta tag generator. What each tag does and how to write them well.
A free Microsoft Lens alternative for Android: DocFlow Scanner does on-device Arabic & English OCR plus a full PDF toolkit - no Microsoft account required.
Resize an image online for free without uploading it - keep proportions, pick the right dimensions, then compress. Runs entirely in your browser.
Scan an ID card to PDF free: both sides on one clean page, in 3 steps, processed on your phone so a sensitive document never touches a server.
Convert text case online for free - UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, and Sentence case - right in your browser, with nothing uploaded.
Translate text from an image: DocFlow Scanner reads the text with OCR (Arabic & English) and translates on-device - signs, documents, and foreign text
A free online word and character counter that runs in your browser - your text is never uploaded. Great for essays, SEO meta tags, and social posts.
Every social media image size for 2026 in one cheat sheet: Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube — exact pixels, ratios, and a free resizer.
Short answer: yes. Google Play and the App Store require one even for a tiny free app. Here's exactly what to disclose and where to host it free.
Every Data Safety question explained for 2026 — what each one really asks, the answers reviewers expect, and the mistakes that get Android apps rejected.
Learn how to compress images for a website: resize first, pick the right format, set smart quality, and serve responsive, lazy-loaded files that load fast.
Create a sitemap in minutes: build the XML, add an HTML version, set lastmod, link it in robots.txt, and submit to Google - free, no plugins.
Learn how to make a QR code for free in your browser - links, Wi-Fi, and WhatsApp codes with no signup, no upload, and no expiry on static codes.
Learn how to submit a sitemap to Google via Search Console and robots.txt, read sitemap status correctly, and fix common Couldn't fetch errors.
Is temp mail safe? An honest answer: when a temporary email is perfect, when it's a bad idea, the real risks
Need free Arabic OCR? Here's how to extract editable, searchable text from an image or scan of Arabic — what works, why Arabic OCR is hard
Is it safe to use online PDF converters? Here's what really happens to your file when you upload it, the real risks, how to spot a safe tool
How to convert images to PDF and merge PDFs without uploading anything — free, private, and 100% in your browser. Step-by-step, on any device, no sign-up.
The story behind AnimKit: which Maya animation problems we hit, why we built our own toolbar, and what actually ships inside it.
A slow laptop usually isn't dead. Free up disk, tame startup apps, and check for malware - the quick wins that make it feel new, no upgrade.
A practical guide to automating repetitive tasks without code: find the right tasks, map them, pick a tool
Overwhelmed by AI tools? Skip the hype-driven listicles. This simple 6-question framework helps you pick the right AI tool for the job
A practical, tool-agnostic system to organize your digital documents: one home, a shallow folder tree, consistent file names, and a 15-minute upkeep habit.
A step-by-step 2026 guide to setting up a password manager: choosing one, a strong master password, a recovery kit, migrating logins, and 2FA.
A practical 2026 guide to writing AI prompts that work: a simple framework, before/after rewrites, a debug method, copy-paste templates, and model tips.
When is no-code the right call? An honest guide to where no-code and low-code win, where they break down, and how to decide, with a migration plan.
