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Quickly compress PNG images
by Jordan Running Dec 1st 2006 at 12:00PM
If you work with images often, you may or may not be familiar with pngcrush, an open source utility that pushes PNG image compression to its limits. Excellent though it may be, pngcrush works on the command line, and if you're used to working in GUIs, that might slow you down. Over at his blog, though, Neil Turner shows how you can set up a "Crush" action on your Windows context menu for instant PNG-crushing action. It's very straightforward and, if you're in the habit of publishing big PNGs, very handy.
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lost.sync said 6:09PM on 12-01-2006
this tip is handy way beyond just pngcrush. lame is a great example of another console app that a context menu implemented in the same way greatly benefits.
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Hasan said 3:08PM on 12-01-2006
A GUI wrapped version of pngcrush is available here...
http://www.blitzbasic.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=46
Very informative blog, thanks!
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Guti said 3:17PM on 12-01-2006
Compression ratio obtained by PNGOutWin (http://www.ardfry.com/pngoutwin/), is usually better.
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