Jpeg Compressor

Image files come in a large variety of different formats. These are meant to store sets of data, quality, as well as the image itself. Needless to say that the better the quality, the more space it takes on your hard disk drive. Luckily, specialized applications like Jpeg Compressor want to help you out and further reduce the size of pictures in order to save space.

Apart from the advantage of saving up some disk space, the application has an even better one. You notice it right after download is done, meaning you can run it directly without an installation process. The PC’s health status remains intact because registries are not modified, and it can even be used from an USB flash drive. You just need to make sure .NET Framework is installed on the computer you use it on.

On the visual side of things, there’s not really much to look at, but this isn’t really a bad thing. The general structure is simple, but intuitive enough to make accommodation a walk in the park for beginners and experienced individuals alike. A small preview area lets you get a glimpse of target photos, while the main function is triggered at the press of a button.

File support is decent, and unlike the name suggests, you can load BMP, PNG, ICO, TIFF, WMF, and EMF apart from JPEG. Thsi is either done by using the built-in browse dialog, or dragging them over the main window. Don’t forget that batch processing is supported, which means more files can be processed at the same time.

The technique through which compression is applied is not revealed, but nor does it really matter, having seen the application does an impressive job overall. It takes little time to apply compression, with considerable differences in size, but none whatsoever in quality.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that Jpeg Compressor is a straightforward, yet powerful application that manages to live up to expectations. With a decent file support, batch processing, and quick accomplishment of tasks, it’s sure to come in handy for a large variety of image files. What’s more, compression is impressively handled, making it worth a try.