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Founder and developer
Hardik Sindhav
Full-Stack Developer & DevOps Engineer
B.A. Graduate • 5+ yrs App, Web, Backend & DevOps
Full-stack developer and DevOps engineer with 5+ years of experience building high-performance web applications, scalable backend systems, and automated deployment pipelines. Founded ProCutOut to make everyday file jobs possible without an account, a watermark or a subscription.
Guides by Hardik (38)
Each guide is built around a test on the real tool, so the numbers in it were measured and not assumed. The headline results are collected on the case studies page.
- Discord's file size limit in 2026, and how to fit a video under 20 MBVideo
- How to calculate aspect ratio and turn a square photo into 16:9 or 9:16 without croppingAspect ratio
- How to enlarge a photo to poster size, and print it at home on A4 pagesPrinting
- Why your photo says 72 DPI, and how to change it to 300 without losing qualityImage editing essentials
- How I built an AI YouTube content planner that turns Google Trends into a video plan, and what brokeBuilding our tools
- How to take and print a 2x2 passport photo at home, plus the ICAO 35×45 mm size other countries usePassport photos
- What your mortgage really costs each month: PMI, property tax and insurance, worked out line by lineMortgages
- How to convert a JPG to PNG with a transparent background, and why converting alone keeps the whiteBackground removal
- How to fill out Form W-4 for 2026: every step explained, and how to sign the PDF onlineTax forms
- How to fill out and sign a W-9 online for free, line by lineTax forms
- Barcode types explained: Code 128, EAN-13, UPC-A and Code 39, check digits and how to print themBarcodes
- How to make a QR code that actually scans: size, contrast, error correction, Wi-Fi codes and testingQR codes
- Converting JSON to CSV and CSV to JSON without losing data: nesting, types, Excel and quotingJSON and CSV
- JSON formatter vs minifier: when to pretty print, when to minify and what each really costsJSON formatting
- How to fix invalid JSON: the common errors, what parsers are telling you and how to repair themJSON errors
- Video resolution, aspect ratio and bitrate explained: how to size, reshape and budget any videoVideo size and quality
- Frames to seconds and video frame rates explained: FPS chart, timecode, slow motion and shutterFrame rate
- How to extract audio from a video as MP3 or WAV, or remove the sound completelyAudio and video
- How to extract frames from a video as JPG or PNG and turn the best one into a thumbnailFrames and thumbnails
- Video to GIF and GIF to MP4: how to make small, sharp loops and when to use video insteadGIFs and loops
- How to trim and crop a video online for free, without uploading it or adding a watermarkVideo editing basics
- Percentage and aspect ratio calculations: the common mistakes, with the real numbersPractical mathematics
- IP addresses and DNS records explained, with a measured look at how 24 real domains set theirs upNetworking & DNS
- How to compress a video: what each preset really produces, and why a size target can be missedVideo optimization
- Audio bitrate explained: what 32 to 320 kbps really do to file size and the frequencies you keepAudio engineering
- Compound interest in numbers: what time, rate and compounding frequency really do to ₹10,000 a monthInvestment & compounding
- How to calculate EMI and save interest: what rate, tenure and prepayment really cost on a ₹50 lakh loanLoan & EMI calculation
- How to sign a PDF online without printing: what the signature adds to the file, and the order that avoids problemsDigital signatures
- How to convert PDF to Word: what survives, what turns into plain text, and what is lost (tested on six PDFs)Document conversion
- Instagram and YouTube image sizes in 2026: what the platforms state, what we measured, and what gets croppedSocial media graphics
- Compress images without losing quality: what 13 quality settings did to the same photoImage optimization
- How to merge PDF files into one: what we measured about size, duplicates and fillable formsPDF organization
- How to compress a PDF under 200 KB: three PDFs tested, and why a text PDF can get 26 times biggerPDF compression
- How to upscale an image without losing quality: what AI upscaling does, the size limits, and what it cannot fixImage upscaling
- How to remove the background from an image: what the AI does to your photo, the file you get back, and the limitsBackground removal
- How to extract text and images from a PDF: when to use OCR, and how scan quality changes the accuracyOCR and extraction
- How to edit PDF pages online: what rotating, extracting, deleting and splitting really do to file sizePDF editing
- JPG, PNG or WebP: what converting really does to file size and transparencyFile formats