[Web4lib] Optimizing graphics

[Jonathan Bloy]

> Randy Decker wrote:
>> I am seeking recommendations for a freeware tool that I can use to reduce
>> the file size of images that will be used on our web site. 

Robert Balliot wrote:
> Seems to me that Gimp <http://www.gimp.org/> will work just fine for that
> process.  When you save an image,  just specify the file quality.
> The lower the quality /  resolution - the smaller the file.


There is also a save-for-web plugin for Gimp that works like the save for web feature in Photoshop (letting you preview quality and see file sizes of the image before you save it).

http://registry.gimp.org/node/33


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Jonathan Bloy
Web Services Librarian
Edgewood College
Madison, Wisconsin
http://library.edgewood.edu/