Digital cameras have taken photography to a new height and have increased the scope of creativity. Cameras options are now available with many mobile devices, such as mobile phone, laptops, tablets, etc. The storage capacity also has increased a lot with digital data and these camera devices use lots of storage media to store photos such as internal and external hard drives, SD card, Memory stick, Flash memory devices, etc. Every picture or any other digital media has its own file format, and JPEG or JPG is one of the most common image formats that are used to store images in these storage devices. However it only takes a few minutes to your JPEG files to get corrupt some of the most common cases are a bad sector on your hard drive, a scratch on a CD, suddenly a photo could be trashed, incorrectly colors display, split into chunks, bits missing from the image, maybe you cannot view it.
In such time user only wants to know about the way to get back his all precious photos and now I am going to test a JPEG repairing tool and will find out the efficiency and accuracy of the product. Stellar Phoenix JPEG Repair is a reliable tool; I guess, and now I am going to confirm its reliability.
Product Name: Stellar Phoenix JPEG Repair
Version: 3.0
Download Size: 4.2 MB
Installation Time: 20 Sec
Free Demo: Available
License Type: Single User License: Download can use only on a single system.
Price: $39
Product Website Link: http://www.stellarinfo.com/jpeg-repair.php
Minimum System Requirements
- Processor: Pentium Class
- Operating System: Windows 10/ 8.1 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP and Windows Server 2008
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Hard Disk: 50 MB of Free Space
Installation process
- Download the software and install it by double clicking ‘StellarPhoenixJPEGRepair.exe’
- Now, select ‘Next‘ button
- A ‘License Agreement’ dialog box will appear, select ‘I accept the agreement’ check box and Click ‘Next‘ to continue. Browse the location to store the installation files and select ‘Next‘ button to continue
- Choose a folder to store the installation files. The software suggests a default folder in ‘Select Start Menu Folder‘ box; you can change it to a different location. Click ‘Next‘ button. Now, select a check box according to you in ‘Select Additional Tasks‘ dialog box, and click ‘Next‘ button
- It is better to review entries before you click on ‘Install‘ option. To start installation click ‘Install‘ and let the installation process complete.
- You will now see ‘Completing the Stellar Phoenix JPEG Repair Setup Wizard’ screen after the successful installation process. Click ‘Finish’ button
- Now go to the location and click the software icon to launch it on your system
Main Window
When you run the software, it will show you a very easy and colored interface where you can easily specify all the steps of the JPEG repairing process. Here you will be able to see all the required features regarding JPEG repairing process.
How it Works
- On the main window click ‘Select File’ to choose any JPEG file. An ‘Open File(s)’ dialog box opens.
- Choose the file that are corrupt and you want to repair and click ‘Open’.
- You will be able to view all the selected file on the main window, under ‘List of JPEG Files’ section.
Repair and Save JPEG files:
- After selecting all the JPEG files for repairing, click ‘Repair’ button. The process will start. Wait till the process is not completed.
- After the successful completion of repairing process, all the repaired files are listed on your screen under the List of Repaired JPEG Files section.
- Now you can select the check box of any file to see the preview of.
- Now, to save the repaired files, select ‘Save’ button and ‘Browse for Folder’ dialog box opens.
- Choose any desired location to store your repaired files and click
‘OK’ button.
- Once you have successfully saved your files a message will appear to confirm your successful process. Click ‘OK’ button to close the message box.
Special Features of the Software
JPG File Repair
Stellar Phoenix JPEG Repair software is designed to repair deeply damaged and corrupt JPEG files from any type of storage devices. It supports damage recovery of JPEG files from all the portable devices with their supporting storage media. You can repair JPEG files from external and internal both type of hard drives as well as from all the flash memory cards, memory sticks, and other secondary storage media. It allows repairing of corrupt header JPEG/JPG files, invalid JPEG file structure, corrupt JPEG data, etc.
User-Friendly GUI
This JPEG repairing software provides a very easy to use interface that anyone can use. Its interactive GUI helps users to efficiently repair their corrupt JPEG file at the earliest. All the process, shows with status whether it is scanning or saving. User will get a proper message of confirmation after completion of every task.
Extract Thumbnail of Critically Corrupt Files
This efficient utility allows users to extract the embedded thumbnail image of deeply damaged JPEG or JPG files. It allows complete recovery without any compromise in its size or quality. This feature is best for those users whose JPEG file is corrupt beyond any repairing process. The tool allows you to get the thumbnail images of extremely damaged or corrupt files.
Faster, Improved Scanning Engine
Its scanning Engine is developed with fast and efficient algorithms that prompt to scan each and every JPEG file available in the system and can improve its repair performance. It can easily scan multiple JPEG or JPG files and provides to fast results in comparison to other similar available tools.
Preview of Repaired Images
Stellar Phoenix JPEG Repair tool allows you the option to preview the repaired file before saving and after scanning. You can check whether all the files are in their original visual after repair. Once you have checked all the files, you can save them into your desired location without thinking.
Pros
- Easy user interface
- High rate of successful JPEG or JPG repair
Cons
- Limited File Support
Product Rating: 9 out of 10
Verdict
Stellar Phoenix JPEG Repair is a useful JPEG/JPG tool that has the ability to repairs even worst case of damaged image files. It keeps the original format as well as the quality of the corrupt image file same, so that you will get it as original one. This efficient utility allows JPEG/JPG repairing process in all types of digital storage devices as well as portable devices.