Neat tool for image optimization

Tama

Just sharing a tool I used to compress images for a site project.

• https://kraken.io/web-interface

Eathuis

This site is a life saver! Thanks!

jeongwee

i love this site !

50sQuiff

Thanks Tama, this tool is very good. It shaved 20% off all my images, which is worthwhile when you're talking about downloading retina PNGs on a mobile connection.

peregrine

have you compared the optimization to the tools listed here?
any better, or just an easier to use online tool?

mentioned by anonymoose in this discussion
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/21597/vanilla-distribution-image-optimization

unix/linux (maybe other distros).

• OptiPNG http://optipng.sourceforge.net/
• PNGCrush http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/
• AdvPNG http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/doc-advpng.html
• Jpegoptim http://www.kokkonen.net/tjko/projects.html
• PNGOUT http://www.advsys.net/ken/utils.htm

For OS X :

• http://pornel.net/imageoptim/en

Tama

@peregrine said:
have you compared the optimization to the tools listed here?
any better, or just an easier to use online tool?

Compared with other tools (executables and web based) and found the compression methods were better, especially in lossy

Shadowdare

There's also TinyPNG, which is handy.