March 23, 2026
New: PDF to Excel Converter
New PDF to Excel and PDF to CSV converters — extract tables and data from PDF files into editable spreadsheets. Uses pdfplumber for intelligent table detection. Also supports text extraction from scanned PDFs via OCR.
New: Password Generator
New Password Generator — create strong, random passwords instantly. Three modes: Random (customizable length 4–128, character types), Passphrase (3–8 words from 500-word list), and PIN (4–12 digits). Real-time strength indicator with entropy and crack time estimation. Batch generation (5/10/20 at once). Character-type color highlighting. 100% client-side using crypto.getRandomValues() — nothing sent to servers.
New: GIF Maker Tool
New GIF Maker tool — create animated GIFs from multiple images or video clips. Two input modes: upload up to 50 images with drag-to-reorder, or trim a video clip (max 30 seconds). Animated canvas preview, adjustable FPS (1–30), width presets, loop control, and quality settings. Server-side processing with ImageMagick + FFmpeg palette method + gifsicle optimization.
Fixed: UTF-8 Encoding + Filename Fixes
Fixed JSON/YAML/CSV conversion crashing on non-UTF-8 files (Latin-1, CP1252). Added automatic encoding fallback. Also fixed filenames with spaces causing “file not found” errors in Blur Image, Trim Video, Audio Cutter, and Grayscale Image tools by properly sanitizing uploaded filenames.
New: Audio Cutter Tool
New Audio Cutter tool — trim any audio file with a visual waveform timeline. Select start and end points by dragging handles on the waveform. Supports MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, AAC, M4A, WMA, AIFF, OPUS. Output as same format (lossless), MP3, or WAV. Create ringtones, edit podcasts, extract samples.
March 22, 2026
New: Resize Video Tool
New Resize Video tool — change video resolution online. Preset resolutions (4K, 1080p, 720p, 480p, 360p) or custom dimensions with aspect ratio lock. Video preview with estimated output size. Async processing for large files.
New: Grayscale Image Tool
New Grayscale Image tool — convert any image to grayscale, sepia, or pure black & white online. Three modes with adjustable intensity, brightness, and contrast sliders. Live canvas preview updates in real-time. GPU-accelerated rendering for grayscale and sepia; pixel-level processing for B&W threshold.
New: Trim Video Tool
New Trim Video tool — cut any video to a selected time range online. Features an interactive timeline with thumbnail strip, draggable start/end handles, manual time inputs, and video preview with playback of the selected segment. Supports MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, and more. Frame-accurate trimming via H.264 re-encoding.
New: Blur Image Tool
New Blur Image tool — blur or pixelate any part of an image online. Draw multiple rectangular regions to selectively blur faces, text, license plates, or sensitive information. Features Gaussian blur and mosaic/pixelate modes with adjustable intensity (1–50) and Light/Medium/Heavy presets. Live canvas preview with drag, resize, and delete for each region. Ctrl+Z undo support.
Fixed: EPS/AI to SVG Conversion Failures
Fixed EPS and AI files failing when converting to SVG. The vectorizer (vtracer) requires raster input but was receiving vector files directly. Now EPS/AI files are first rasterized to PNG via ImageMagick/Inkscape, then vectorized. Added potrace fallback if vtracer crashes on problematic images.
Fixed: AVIF/HEIC to ICO/SVG Auto-Detection
Fixed AVIF and HEIC files with wrong extensions (e.g., .jpg) failing when converting to ICO or SVG. The auto-detection correctly identified the real format but couldn’t proceed because ICO/SVG weren’t in the supported target list for AVIF/HEIC. Now all image output formats are available.
Improved: OG Image Resizer: Capture from URL
OG Image Resizer now features a two-card source selector: upload an image file or capture a website screenshot by entering a URL. The screenshot is automatically loaded into the crop widget for OG image resizing. The social media preview card shows real og:title and og:description from the captured page.
March 20, 2026
New: Website Screenshot Tool
New Website Screenshot tool — capture any webpage as a high-quality PNG image. Choose from Desktop (1920×1080), Tablet (768×1024), or Mobile (375×812) viewports. Rendered in a real Chrome browser via Docker sandbox for accurate, secure captures.
Fixed: Chrome Docker Stability
Fixed Chrome headless in Docker crashing with “Resource temporarily unavailable” errors. Increased PID limit from 100 to 512 and added shared memory allocation (256 MB). Also fixed output directory permissions for Docker Chrome user. Affects HTML→PDF, EPUB→PDF, SVG rendering, and the new Screenshot tool.
March 19, 2026
New: Compress Video Tool
New Compress Video tool — reduce video file size with adjustable quality and resolution. H.264 encoding with 4 quality presets (CRF 18-32) and optional downscaling to 1080p/720p/480p. Supports MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, WMV, FLV. Video preview with file info, duration, and compression savings percentage.
New: 3 New Image Tools + 2 New PDF Tools
5 new tools:
- Watermark Image — add text watermark with 9 positions, opacity slider, 3 sizes
- Compress WebP — reduce WebP file size with quality control
- Compress GIF — optimize animated GIFs with gifsicle
- Protect PDF — 256-bit AES password encryption
- Extract PDF Pages — select pages “1, 3, 5-8”
Improved: Camera RAW Quality
RAW photo conversion (CR2, NEF, ARW, DNG) now uses AHD demosaicing (-q 3) instead of bilinear (-q 0) for significantly better color accuracy and detail in converted JPG/PNG images.
Improved: Smart Format Auto-Detection
Files with wrong extensions are now automatically detected and converted correctly instead of failing. The converter identifies 30+ formats from file content (magic bytes), including HEIC, AVIF, SVG, PSD, EPS, AVI, FLV, WMA, AIFF, ICO, and camera RAW. For example, a BMP file named logo.jpeg is silently converted as BMP.
Fixed: SVG, AI, EPS & TIFF Conversion Failures
Fixed high failure rates on several converters:
- SVG → PNG/JPG/PDF (38% fail): Complex SVGs that crashed RSVG now fallback to Chrome headless rendering in Docker sandbox
- AI/EPS → PNG (31% fail): Adobe Illustrator files with unsupported PostScript features now fallback to Inkscape
- TIFF → JPG (45% fail): Multi-page TIFFs now correctly extract the first page instead of crashing
New: OCR for Scanned PDFs
Scanned PDFs (image-only, no selectable text) are now processed with Tesseract OCR before text extraction. PDF → TXT, PDF → EPUB, and PDF → Markdown conversions that previously failed on scanned documents now extract text via optical character recognition. Supports 15 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic, Japanese, and Korean.
March 18, 2026
Improved: Color SVG Vectorization
PNG/JPG → SVG conversion now produces full-color vector output instead of black-and-white silhouettes. Powered by vtracer (replaces potrace). Photos and illustrations retain all colors with 1,500+ color regions per image.
New: 10 New Converters
Added 10 new low-competition converters:
- MOV to GIF, WebM to GIF, AVI to GIF — video to animated GIF
- GIF to APNG — better quality animated images
- WebP to PDF — image to document
- MOV to WAV, MKV to WAV — audio extraction
- MKV to MOV — video container conversion
- WAV to M4A — audio encoding
- SVG to DXF — vector to CAD format
New: Format Hub Pages
5 new comprehensive hub pages with converter grids, interactive file size explorers, format comparison tables, and FAQ sections:
- JPG Converter — 25 converters, quality & compression guide
- PNG Converter — 20 converters, color depth & transparency guides
- MP4 Converter — 26 converters, H.264/H.265/AV1 codec comparison
- PDF Converter — 30 converters + 6 PDF tools, PDF/A & PDF/X standards
Improved: Redesigned Navigation
Navbar reduced from 172 to 55 links for better PageRank distribution. 4-column mega-menu organized by category (Audio, Video, Image, Document) with hub pages prominently featured. New 5-column footer with hub links, top 10 popular converters, and tools. Mobile navigation uses collapsible accordion sections.
Improved: HTML & EPUB to PDF via Chrome Headless
HTML → PDF and EPUB → PDF conversions now use Chrome 146 headless instead of wkhtmltopdf/LibreOffice. Full support for modern CSS (variables, Grid, Flexbox), web fonts, SVG graphics, and all Unicode encodings. EPUB files in Hungarian, Spanish, Italian, French, and Arabic now convert correctly.
Improved: Color Accuracy in Image Conversions
Fixed color shifts on iPhone photos (Display P3) and DSLR images (Adobe RGB). ICC color profiles are now properly converted to sRGB before metadata stripping. SVG/EPS rasterization density increased from 150 to 200 DPI for sharper output.
Improved: JSON Auto-Repair
JSON → YAML/CSV/Excel conversions now automatically fix common JSON issues: trailing commas, single quotes, JavaScript-style comments, unquoted keys, and unclosed brackets. Three-level fallback: standard parser → json5 → json_repair.
New: SVG to PNG Background Selector
SVG → PNG converter now defaults to transparent background (was white). New background selector: Transparent, White, Black, or Custom color. White SVG elements are no longer invisible on white background.
New: Paste Code for Text-Based Converters
12 converters now accept pasted text directly — no file upload needed. Paste SVG, HTML, JSON, YAML, XML, or plain text code and convert instantly. Available on SVG → PNG/JPG/PDF/DXF, HTML → PDF, JSON → YAML/CSV/Excel, YAML → JSON, XML → JSON/CSV, TXT → PDF.
Fixed: Duplicate Filename Suffix
Files already containing _cleverutils.com in the name no longer get a double suffix (photo_cleverutils.com_cleverutils.com.jpg). The existing suffix is detected and not duplicated.