Posted on Thursday November 16, 2006 in Work
I love the PNG image format. I like using gradients in site’s that I design, and nothing beats a 24 bit PNG for that. I also use PNG wherever I can, because they make my life easier.
They can be pretty hefty in file size, however. So recently I have taken to using OptiPNG to optimise the file size of each image.
I have set up a small shortcut on my desktop to the OptiPNG application, and all I have to do is drop files onto it and each file is stripped of extraneous data, sometimes drastically reducing the file size.
From the OptiPNG site:
OptiPNG is a PNG optimizer that recompresses image files to a smaller size, without losing any information. This program also converts external formats (BMP, GIF, PNM; TIFF support is coming up) to optimized PNG, and performs PNG integrity checks and corrections.
This is a compulsary download for all PNG lovers