If you're using Mac OS X, I recommend SmallImage by Fabien Conus. It is free and seems to work well, but doesn't have the regional compression feature of JPEG Optimizer:
<http://www.iconus.ch/fabien/english/smallimage.html> t On 7/21/04 10:50, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Have you tried Flavio's hints at : > > http://pug.komkon.org/image_prep/PUG_Image_Prepration.html > > He recommends the following compression software: > > > 9. Compression > > Any Imaging software will save your file in JPEG format but most of > those will give you little control over the amount of compression you'll > give the image. Some programs lets you set it in rather empirical levels > like huge-big-medium-small compression or file size. The idea is to find > the point in which the JPEG compression is not too visible yet allows > for a substantial reduction of size. The best tool I've used so far is > the JPEG Optimizer to be found at www.xat.com . Its straightforward and > simple approach is the best option for controlling compression and > having both images visible at the same time is really nice. > > Tom C wrote: > >> Actually I take back what I said... I must have been too tired last >> night. Using Save for Web does allow me to save the file at 75K or >> less and get acceptable quality. >> >> Adelheid also suggested Irfanview may produce a smaller file (which it >> does... without hiding things in so many menus and dropdowns). >> >> I've used Irfanview just a little bit over the last several weeks, and >> for a free product, it's pretty nice. >> >> >> >> Tom C. > > > > >
