![]() ![]() ![]() Be sure you don’t want the originals of anything you use it on. I created two copies of the photos involved for comparison purposes, as JPEGmini compresses the originals and doesn’t create backups. Zooming in to the pixelated level, the differences still weren’t something to stress over. At 100% zoom, it was very difficult to tell the difference between the original and recompressed photos. It trimmed my 234.5MB test folder of photos from a RADAR 4G phone and Canon 230SX camera to a mere 134MB, a very nice reduction in space. JPEGmini takes advantage of the underzealous compression habits of your camera devices to further compact your JPEG files (no other types are supported) while leaving them nearly as detailed. The original and re-compressed photos look nearly identical, but you can see from the stats that the processed photo on the right is considerably smaller. This is generally wise, as you can’t restore detail that’s been compressed away, but for most purposes, you can squash JPEG files quite a bit further before you see obvious compression artifacts. Most camera devices use a very mild amount of compression, producing relatively detailed images that are much smaller than uncompressed (raw) files, but still much larger than they need to be for general use. JPEG is a compressed format, but the amount of compression applied is variable and optional, ranging from slightly to extremely lossy. Open or drag the files to it that you want to compress. There’s nothing complicated about JPEGmini’s interface. If you’re a photo hound, you’ll like it, and you might want to reward the company so you can use it. JPEGmini ($20, free feature-limited demo) does one thing-further compresses JPEG pictures to save you disk space-and does it quite well. You might even be rewarded for it if it’s something other people like. If you’re going to do just one thing in your life, you’re best off doing it really, really, well.
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