Image Compression Question
 

Hi everyone!

Ok Im having a little problem here. I downloaded some conetent from sunnydollars and I cant get thumbs smaller than 10k. I tried with Infranview and SuperJPG.. I can resize it fine but no matter how i set the compression is stays at 10k. I Set it to 99% compression, the images look like one big nasty pixel and yet the file size is still 10k!

Im pulling my hair out ovah here!

Any ideas?

I'm not sure if you're asking for opinions on other software or not, but incase you are, I use CompuPic by http://www.photodex.com/products/index.html & it's fantastic.

I could use SuperJpg to compress a pic down to 1k if I chose to. Are you sure you are compressing it correctly?

Yeah im sure im doing it properly. I think its the pics because ive never had a problem b4. Has anyone used Sunnydollars content?

I dont know how it could be the content but thats the only thing i can thing of right now.. ive tried everything .. even photoshop and paintshop

The content shouldn't make a difference.

I have used their content in past and must say that all their content needs re-compressing (or sometimes re-sizing) since I don't want to post images of 100k+. The absolute max. file size I'm using on my galleries is 75k, and for tgp galleries 50k (but then I try to keep the average size under 40k) - so I re-compress the original images and then run the gallery through ThumbsPlus' web-wizard = resulting in same pixel sizes (~120 x 160 pixels) with file sizes between 3k and 5k - here's a sample or their ready galleries (re-worked - only 108 x 140 thumbs) and of a tgp gallery (with 120 x 160 thumbs)

Did you fix your problem yet ?
Contact me if not : ) |bananna|

Some content just cannot be compressed all that easily.. I have had issues with some of FTV's older content, alot of colorful backgrounds made it hard to compress. Then I figured out how to use photoshop's save for web feature. Seems to be the only thing capable of making really good compression on high color photos.

I agree totally. Photoshop is the best program I have used for mashing otherwise large file sizes for pictures down to rediculously small amounts with very little or no noticeable effect on the quality. If it is within your budget I highly recommend purchasing it and learning how to use it.


spaz

For making thumbnails I use Easy Thumbnails (http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/). That's a freebie that does a good job I find.
For compressing I use Jpeg Imager (http://www.v-methods.com/).
This is a cheap proggie (25$) with a lot of functionality: compressing, resizing, several image corrections (even level the histogram). It also has batch options. It's easy to use and it gives a good result in most cases. I think the compress in combination with it's clean up filter is hard to beat.
It's not Photoshop of course, but it cost less too.