ART to PDF Converter

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Advanced settings (optional)

PDF Page Size

Sets the PDF page size. Choose "Same as image" to match each page to the dimensions of its image.

Orientation

Sets whether the PDF page is portrait or landscape.

Margin

Sets the margin around the page content: None, Small, Medium, or Large. Default is None.

Image Alignment

Sets where the image sits on the page when the PDF page size differs from the image size.

Enlarge small images to fit?

Enlarge small images to fit? Use this option if you want to enlarge small images to fit the PDF page size.

Use this option if you want to enlarge small images to fit the PDF page size.

Strip Metadata

Strip Metadata Strip the image of any profiles, EXIF, and comments to reduce size

Strip the image of any profiles, EXIF, and comments to reduce size

How to Convert ART to PDF?

Click the “Choose Files” button to select your ART files.
Click the “Convert to PDF” button to start the conversion.
When the status change to “Done” click the “Download PDF” button

Easy to Use

Simply upload your ART files and click the convert button. You can also batch convert ART to PDF format.

Best Quality

We use both open source and custom software to make sure our conversions are of the highest quality. In most cases, you can fine-tune conversion parameters using “Advanced Settings” (optional, look for the icon).

Free & Secure

Our ART to PDF Converter is free and works on any web browser. We guarantee file security and privacy. Files are protected with 256-bit SSL encryption and automatically deleted after 8 hours.

What is an ART (AOL ART Image) file?

AOL ART (ART) is a proprietary, heavily compressed raster image format that America Online used to speed up image loading over dial-up connections. It stores a single still image and trades visible quality for very small file sizes. When AOL members browsed the web, images were re-compressed into ART by AOL's proxy servers — a feature branded TurboWeb and later AOL TopSpeed — which users could turn off. The format is now obsolete.

How to open an ART file?

Support has almost entirely disappeared: Internet Explorer removed ART rendering in a June 2006 security update, and mainstream viewers such as XnView and IrfanView cannot read AOL ART. The one reliable option is Graphic Workshop Professional (Windows) with its ART plugin installed.

Keep in mind that the .art extension is reused by unrelated programs, including Delcam/Autodesk ArtCAM, so a file that refuses to open may simply not be an AOL image. (ImageMagick's "ART" format is also a different format.) If your ART file is an AOL image, convert it to a modern format with our ART to JPG tool.

Developed by: Johnson-Grace Company (acquired by America Online in 1996)

Initial Release: 1995

What is a PDF (Portable Document Format) file?

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a universal file format that comprises characteristics of both text documents and graphic images which makes it one of the most commonly used file types today. The reason PDF is so widely popular is that it can preserve original document formatting. PDF files always look identical on any device or operating system.

How to open a PDF file?

Most people head right to Adobe Acrobat Reader when they need to open a PDF. Adobe created the PDF standard and its program is certainly the most popular free PDF reader out there. It's completely fine to use, but I find it to be a somewhat bloated program with lots of features that you may never need or want to use.

Most web browsers, like both Chrome and Firefox, can open PDFs themselves. You may or may not need an add-on or extension to do it, but it's pretty handy to have one open automatically when you click a PDF link online. I highly recommend SumatraPDF or MuPDF if you're after something a bit more. Both are free.

Developed by: ISO

Initial Release: 15 June 1993

Useful links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format

https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/why-adobe/about-adobe-pdf.html

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