Questions and answers

Amberflip is a file converter for Windows, macOS and Linux that works without opening a window. You drag a file, tap a key, and drop it on the format or tool you want on a wheel. Everything runs on your own computer.

Start dragging a file and, while you still hold it, tap Shift. A wheel opens under the pointer with the file in the middle. Drop the file on a format and the converted copy appears next to the original. Press Esc or click elsewhere to close the wheel without doing anything.

Each key opens a different ring of the wheel. Shift shows formats to convert to, Ctrl shows tools such as crop, trim and compress, and Alt shows file actions such as Copy path, Zip or Move to. You can tap another key while the wheel is open to switch rings. On a Mac the keys are Shift, Command (tools) and Control (actions); Option can be added in Settings.

Yes. In Settings, under Wheel, you can assign Shift, Ctrl and Alt to the Convert, Tools and Actions rings in any order; each ring needs its own key. You can also have the wheel open as soon as a file drag starts, with no key at all.

No. Every conversion and every tool writes a new file and leaves the original as it is. The only exception is the Move to action, which moves the file because that is what you asked for.

By default it is saved in the same folder as the original. In Settings, under Saving, you can choose Always in a folder instead and pick one folder for every result.

A converted file keeps the original name with the new extension, so photo.png becomes photo.jpg. If that name is already taken, Amberflip adds a number, like photo 2.jpg, so nothing is ever overwritten. One-click tools add a word in brackets, for example photo (rotated).png.

Images in PNG, JPG, WEBP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, TIFF and ICO convert to any of those formats, and to PDF. Transparent areas turn white in JPG and BMP, because those formats have no transparency.

Video in MP4, M4V, MKV, WEBM, MOV, AVI, FLV, WMV, MPEG, TS and 3GP converts to MP4, MKV, WEBM, MOV, AVI, WMV, an animated GIF, or MP3 to keep just the sound. Audio in MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, M4A, AAC, WMA and AIFF converts to MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, M4A, AIFF and WMA.

A PDF converts to PNG or JPG pictures, one per page, or to plain text (TXT). Its tools can compress it, merge several PDFs, reorder, turn or remove pages, make a grayscale copy and save every page as its own file. Turning PDFs into pictures, compressing them, grayscale copies and page previews need Ghostscript installed; merging PDFs and reordering, turning or removing pages do not.

Yes, if LibreOffice is installed. Documents (DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, TXT) convert to PDF, DOCX, ODT, RTF, TXT, HTML and EPUB; spreadsheets (XLS, XLSX, ODS, CSV) to PDF, XLSX, ODS, CSV and TSV; slides (PPT, PPTX, ODP) to PDF, PPTX and ODP. Without LibreOffice these formats simply don't appear on the wheel.

SRT and VTT subtitles convert to each other or to plain text, inside Amberflip itself. ZIP, TAR, GZ and TGZ archives can be unpacked with Extract, and Zip packs any files or folders into one ZIP archive.

The wheel only shows what can actually run: if the program a format needs is missing (FFmpeg, Ghostscript or LibreOffice), its formats are hidden, and the file's own format is never offered. Some formats are not supported at all yet, such as HEIC, SVG, RAR, Markdown and Apple Pages. PDF to Word or PowerPoint is left out because the result would not be an editable document.

It depends on the formats. Lossy formats like JPG, MP3 or MP4 are re-encoded with high-quality settings, while converting a video to MKV copies the streams without re-encoding. Keep the original if quality matters, which Amberflip does for you anyway.

When you drop a file on a tool in the Ctrl ring, a small window opens for that one job, such as cropping a picture or trimming a video, with a live preview on most tools. You adjust it, press Apply, and a new file is saved next to the original. Cancel closes the window without saving anything.

Compress, Edit metadata, Crop, Edit photo (light, color and detail), Annotate, Redact (cover areas you draw: rectangle, ellipse or freehand), Add background, Collage, Resize image, and Rotate in one click.

Compress, Edit metadata, Trim video, Crop video, Speed (0.25x to 4x), Join videos for several clips, Save frames as pictures, Split video into clips, Resize video, Remove sound, Burn in subtitles, and Redact video for areas over the whole video or part of it.

For audio: Compress, Edit metadata, Normalize volume, Audio visualizer, Trim audio, Audio channels, Bleep audio, Fade in and out, Change bitrate and one-click Reduce noise. For PDFs: Compress, Edit metadata, Merge PDFs, Organize PDF, Redact PDF, and one-click Grayscale PDF and Split PDF.

Yes. Select several files and drag them together: the wheel shows what fits all of them. Compress and Edit metadata handle any number of files, while Collage, Join videos and Merge PDFs need two or more and let you set the order first.

Rotate, Reduce noise, Grayscale PDF and Split PDF run straight away with no window. The result is saved as a new file, or for Split PDF a folder of pages, next to the original.

They work on any file or folder: Copy path, Show in folder, open a Terminal there, Copy to or Move to a folder you choose, Zip, and Extract for archives. Apart from Move to, they never change the file itself.

No. Every conversion and every tool runs on your own computer, and your files and their contents never leave it. It works the same with Wi-Fi switched off.

For two things only. The first is the license check: about every six hours, when the computer is online, the app sends our license server, run on Cloudflare, an anonymous code made from your computer's id and, once you have activated, your license key. The code is a one-way hash, so the id itself is never sent, and no file names or file contents are ever included. The second: once a day the app downloads one small file, latest.json, from downloads.amberflip.com to see whether a new version is out. That request carries nothing about you or your computer: no id, no key, no version number. The new version itself is downloaded only when there is one. You can turn the update check off in Settings.

It protects the free trial and license keys: the server remembers when it first saw a computer (your trial start) and which computer uses each key, so a refunded or shared key can be stopped. Without internet the app keeps working with its local checks.

No. There are no analytics, telemetry, ads or crash reports. Your settings and a small log of start-ups, errors and the paths of files you open stay on your computer, and you can delete them at any time.

To notice that you are dragging a file and tapping Shift, Ctrl or Alt, it listens to global mouse and keyboard events while it runs. It does not record, store or send what you type or click; it only reacts to those keys during a file drag.

No analytics or third-party trackers, and the fonts come from our own server. The only cookie is a small one that remembers the language you picked; your theme and accessibility choices stay in your browser's local storage. The hosting company may keep standard technical logs such as IP addresses for security.

64-bit Windows 10 and 11, macOS 13 Ventura or later, and current mainstream Linux desktops. Other systems and setups are not guaranteed to work, so the free trial is the best way to check yours.

Yes. Amberflip runs on macOS 13 Ventura or later, and one download works on both Intel and Apple silicon Macs.

On Windows and macOS the installer includes its own small FFmpeg for images, video and audio. For PDF pictures, compression and grayscale you also need Ghostscript, and for office documents LibreOffice; on Linux Amberflip uses the FFmpeg, Ghostscript and LibreOffice installed on your system. Settings, under Converters, shows which ones were found.

On Linux desktops that use Wayland, apps cannot see a drag everywhere on screen, so Amberflip watches a thin strip at one screen edge instead. Drag a file to that edge, the right one by default, and the wheel opens. You can pick another edge in Settings.

English, Russian, Tajik, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. It follows your system language by default, and you can change it in Settings.

Not on Windows: the installer sets Amberflip up for your account only. You can choose whether to start it with Windows, add a right-click menu entry and create a desktop shortcut.

On Windows, remove it from the apps list or run the installer again and choose Uninstall. That removes the program, its shortcuts, the start-with-Windows entry and the right-click menu entry; your settings are kept in case you install it again.

Download the new version and run the installer. It notices Amberflip is already there and offers Update or repair, which replaces the program and keeps your settings.

You can use everything in Amberflip free for 3 days, with no account and no payment details. Settings shows how many days are left.

The wheel asks you to enter a license key in Settings to keep using Amberflip. Files you made during the trial are ordinary files on your computer and stay yours.

No. The trial is counted on your computer. When you are online the license check also records when the trial started, so reinstalling does not restart it.

No. The trial start is kept in several places on your computer and uninstalling does not remove it. If you need more time to test, write to [email protected].

$24.99, paid once. There is no subscription, and every format, tool and action is included.

On this website: press Buy, enter your email and pay on lava.top’s payment page by card, PayPal or a local payment method. You can also start from the Buy button in the app’s Settings. The amount shown before you pay is the full amount.

The payment goes through lava.top, so the receipt comes from lava.top. If you can't find it, write to [email protected] with the email address you paid with.

Right after payment the key is shown on the thank-you page and sent by email to the address you entered. Check your spam folder if the email does not arrive within a few minutes.

Open Settings, paste the key into the License section and press Activate. The key works at once, even with no internet. Within 7 days the app needs one connection, so the license server can confirm the key for this computer; after that it works offline.

One key works on one computer that you own or control. The app, the command line (CLI), MCP and skills on that computer are all included, on any system Amberflip supports. Sharing or publishing a key is not allowed, and a shared key may stop working.

Install Amberflip on the new computer and enter the same key. The old computer frees its place automatically once it has not checked in for 30 days; if you can't wait, write to [email protected].

Write to [email protected] from the address you used to buy, or with your order number. We keep your email, order number and purchase date so we can send the key again.

Because the free trial lets you test Amberflip on your own computer and files first, purchases are final, except for technical defects or where the law requires a refund. If you were charged twice for the same license, tell us within 14 days and we refund the extra payment.

When you report it within 5 days of purchase, it can be reproduced and stops the app's core function on a supported system, you send a description, your system details and the steps to reproduce it, and we could not fix it or offer a workaround within 30 days.

Change of mind, problems the trial would have shown, unsupported systems, conflicts with other software, codecs or antivirus programs, damaged, DRM-protected or unusual files, and features not described on this website. Where the law allows, payment, currency and bank fees are deducted from a refund.

Email [email protected] with your order number, what went wrong, your system details and the steps to reproduce it. Approved refunds are paid through lava.top to your original payment method, and the license key then stops working.

Amberflip is digital content delivered right away. By completing the purchase you ask for immediate delivery and lose the right of withdrawal once the key has been sent to you. Mandatory consumer rights in your country still apply.

Please write to us first; most problems can be sorted out. A chargeback ends your license, and we may contest it with proof of delivery.

Make sure Amberflip is running; its icon sits in the system tray, which on Windows 11 may be hidden under the arrow. On Windows the wheel opens for drags that start in File Explorer or on the desktop, and other file managers are not recognised. Also check the Open the wheel option under Wheel in Settings.

Windows blocks drag and drop between a program running as administrator and one that is not. If File Explorer or the app you drag from runs as administrator, the wheel can't receive the file, so run them normally.

Reassign the keys under Wheel in Settings, or switch Open the wheel to On drag start so no key is needed. On Windows you can also turn on the right-click menu entry and start Amberflip from there.

Your graphics driver does not support see-through windows, which is common in virtual machines. Set Window style to Solid in Settings, under Appearance.

Some antivirus programs are wary of apps that listen to global mouse and keyboard events, which Amberflip needs in order to notice a file drag. If you downloaded it from this website, you can add an exception; if in doubt, write to [email protected].

The wheel shows Couldn't convert when a job fails, and the original file is untouched. Unusual, damaged or protected files are the most common cause, so try another file of the same type. If it keeps failing, write to [email protected] with the file type, your system and the steps you took.

Write to [email protected]. Include your system, the file type and what you did, and we will get back to you.