AstralPDF vs iLovePDF
Where each tool fits. iLovePDF processes on its servers and has OCR; AstralPDF works in your browser and does not. Pick by the file.
· 6 min read
Guides and comparisons
Written to be useful to someone deciding between two tools, which means saying where the other one is better.
AstralPDF vs Smallpdf
Smallpdf is a polished paid suite with OCR and e-signing. AstralPDF is free and runs in your browser. What each is actually for.
· 5 min read
How to merge PDFs without uploading them
Merging in the browser, what it preserves, what it quietly loses, and the two boundaries that trip people up: bookmarks and passwords.
· 6 min read
How to split a PDF, and what it loses
Extraction versus separation, why one page out of 200 can be surprisingly large, and the page labels and bookmarks that do not survive.
· 5 min read
Compressing a PDF without wrecking it
Compression re-encodes images, so how much you save depends on what your file is made of. Why a text contract will not shrink and a scan will.
· 5 min read
PDF to JPG: which resolution to choose
150 DPI for screens, 300 for print, and why hard black text on white shows halos at low resolution. Also: there is no multi-page JPG.
· 4 min read
Password-protecting a PDF properly
User password versus owner password, why length beats cleverness, and why a lost password on an encrypted PDF is genuinely unrecoverable.
· 5 min read