Nik Smirnoff

Nick's been using TikTok and Instagram for a while, so he's got a good grasp on how to work with photos and videos. He's the perfect person to explain what we need to do to make our software more user-friendly. His hobby does not prevent him from doing his main duties, including developing compilers.

Popular articles by Nik Smirnoff

What is the best video format for YouTube?

What's wrong with all these different video formats? Can't online video platforms get together and choose a standard format that we can all use? But which codec to choose for that? ProRes is ...

JPEG successor: AVIF, HEIC or JPEG XL?

For almost three decades, the JPEG format dominated the Internet. In fact, the only alternative was the even older GIF format, whose only feature was support for animation. In the world of ...

How to Convert Your HEIC Images to JPG on Desktop

Took a bunch of awesome photos with your new iPhone 13, but often your friends complain that they can't view them? Don't worry, it's a common problem and there's a long-standing solution. The fact ...

Differences between Video Codecs and Containers

Progress in the development of modern technology has made many things that used to be the privilege of professionals available to ordinary people. Just two decades ago you would need a well-equipped ...

The king of UHD video: AV1 codec vs H.265

With the proliferation of 4K and 8K ultra-high-definition content, a new generation of video compression algorithms is needed to deliver better video quality and lower bandwidth costs. The most ...