Calculators and converters for people who make things

57 free tools for photo, video, music, data, color, physics, finance and the web. They run in your browser, with no login, no installation and no tracking.

Often used: Bandwidth converter Video bitrate Megapixels BPM RGB to CMYK

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At home I have Internet at approx. 120Mbps. How long to take to download a 2GB Wetransfer file?

Fill in 120 Mbps. This is equivalent to 900MB/min. So 2GB would go through in 2.2 minutes.

I have a 30-second TV commercial at 25fps, what happens if I convert it to 24fps (cinema)?

Fill in 25 (input) fps, 30 sec and 24 (output) fps. Results: your cinema spot will be 31.25 sec.

If I practice my violin for 3 hours every day, how long until I reach (Gladwell's) 10.000 hours level of excellence?

Fill in 3 hours, 7 days/week and 52 weeks. You will find it would take you 9.2 years.

If I borrow $20.000 to buy a car, and I pay that off in 4 years, how much do I pay per month?

Fill in 20000 $, 4 years and the current interest rate, e.g. 1.9%. This gives a monthly payment of $433 (FRM).

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How does a flat image fit on a scope screen?

I had to calculate the dimensions of a flat DCP (1920x1080) on a scope (aspect ratio 2.39) cinema screen, and this is a perfect task for the aspect fit calculator. Let’s...

How does an image (aspect) fit on a screen?

When you have an image with a certain aspect ratio (width/height), and you want to show it on a screen with a different aspect ratio, you have 2 simple options: extend with...

The new beats-per-minute calculator

The BPM (beats-per-minute) calculator was up for an update. The calculator is used to calculate the tempo and the duration of audio effects like delay and LFO. The calculator...

Calculate DCP size from movie length and resolution

To calculate the estimated size of a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) for cinema projection, you need to consider the image size and movie length. The DCP size is primarily determined...

Calculate foot-lambert from screen size, projector lumen

In the projection business, there is a unit for ‘how much light is coming from that screen, actually?’. This is called the foot-Lambert or fL. To calculate foot lamberts (fL)...

Video bitrate from image resolution and bit depth

To estimate the video bitrate based on image resolution and framerate, you can use the following formula: Video Bitrate (bits per second) = Image Resolution (pixels) ×...

Who is this for?

Photographers estimating storage for a shoot. Video editors preparing files for delivery. Musicians working out song structure. Web developers debugging headers. Students learning unit conversions. If you need a quick, reliable answer without signing up for anything, these tools are for you.

About the author

Toolstud.io is built and maintained by Peter Forret, a Brussels-based developer and technologist. The first tools date from the early 2000s and the collection has grown steadily since. Use them freely (within reason), and if you have suggestions, get in touch.