CVista PDF Compressor

CVista PDF Compressor is a software solution which comes packed with a wide range of configuration settings for converting and compressing images and PDF files.

The interface of the program is clean and professional-looking; you can get started by selecting the job type between file compression, decompression, and quick run.

Items can be opened via the file browser or 'drag and drop' method. Unfortunately, you cannot process multiple entries at the same time.

You can configure image settings in regard to general pre-processing properties (e.g. smoothing, despeckle, resample), PDF input processing (e.g. do not rasterize PDF pages), cropping (for bitonal, greyscale and colored items), deskew and rotation, as well as color inversion.

When it comes to the output file, you can select the PDF version, page size and margins. Plus, you can specify compression filters and options (e.g. auto segmentation), include typewritten text recognition (OCR), optimize the files for the web, keep the thumbnails, and edit metadata, just to name a few.

The application runs on a moderate-to-high amount of CPU and system memory, has a good response time, quickly finishes a task and contains user documentation. We have not come across any problems during our tests; CVista PDF Compressor did not freeze, crash or pop up error dialogs. Inexperienced users require some time to get familiarized with CVista PDF Compressor's advanced features.