Advanced JPEG Compressor
With both compression and resizing facilities in one package, Advanced JPEG Compressor for Windows is ideal for resizing for the web. It has four selectable interpolation methods (Bicubic, B-Spline, Bell, and Mitchell) and allows you to save a compression profile along with resizing information then apply it to other images with similar characteristics.
Other features built into Advanced JPEG Compressor include color modification, with brightness, color levels, color temperature, and saturation, plus a sharpness control and a rotate facility in 90-degree increments.
Comment
Although "saving for the web" is built into image editors like Photoshop or Elements, it can be useful for photographers to have a specialist JPEG compression package and this is one of the best.
One of Advanced JPEG Compressor's more unusual features is an ability to compress some parts of the image more than others: for example, lossless compression for a face, slightly lossy for the background.
Tech info
- OS: Windows 98 onward
- Price level: (Personal) approx. $35; (Business) approx. $100
WinSoftMagic
Founded in 2000, WinSoftMagic specializes in image compression and image processing software, file processing utilities and network technology. A privately held company, WinSoftMagic has clients in more than 100 countries. It is based in Alexandria, Virginia.
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