ProJPEG, a file-format plug-in for Adobe Photoshop 3.0 or greater and Paint Shop Pro 5.0 or greater, provides true seamless integration with open and save simplicity, automated processing, and unequaled compression for the smallest, fastest JPEGs possible. ProJPEG provides ease, power, control, superior image quality, and the most file size savings to improve the effectiveness of Web sites. he program is very easy to use, simply select the ProJPEG format in the file type dialog and the optimization dialog will appear before saving. Produces excellent results with no noticable difference in the quality.

ImageVice is a color reduction filter for Adobe Photoshop. Making GIF, PICT, BMP and PNG images up to 70% smaller than other methods. It allows you to apply compression techniques to the image while maintaining the quality. You can preview the results in real-time, using the built in preview before saving the reduced version of the image.

CompressIt can help you to select the most effective compression format for your image files. It often allows you to further reduce the file size of images even if they have been previously compressed. The program offers an intuitive easy-to-use interface, that lets you open an image and then compare it in JPG, TIF, GIF, PNG and the original format, allowing you to decide which format offers the best quality/size ratio for your need. There are various settings available for the individual formats. You can also create progressive JPG files and interlaced GIF files, in which a low-resolution version of the image appears in a browser while the full image is downloading as well as transparent GIF files and lossless true color PNG files. Additional features include rotate, mirror and zoom options.

Ignite allows you to optimize your images for the web and produce fast downloading GIFs and JPEGs. You can also slice images into tables, use web safe colors and more than 1300 hybrid web safe colors, open and work with Photoshop files natively or use Ignite it as a plugin to Photoshop compatible software lile PaintShop Pro, PhotoPaint and many other applications. Ignite is a very powerful program with many advanced features - well worth a try! It can be registered for free after 30 days. The author asks for a donation if you keep using the software.

Advanced GIF Optimizer is utility to optimize and reduce the size of GIF graphics. It uses two-passes optimization for better results and allows to process individual files as well as entire directories. The program features a test mode, which allows you to preview the results before any changes are done to your files as well as an additional backup option. using the built in batch converter, you can also convert popular graphics formats to GIF format. Additional features include GIF Explorer, Image Cutter, Image Viewer (gif,bmp,jpg,jpeg,wmf,emf,ico) with slideshow support, command line options and more...

PhotoGIF is an Adobe Photoshop compatible plug-in (8BF) to optimize GIF images. The proprietary color reduction technology found in PhotoGIF is tuned for both compression and image quality and produces unsurpassed results. You can preview the optimized image before saving it, modify palette and color reductions if needed, set transparency, add a comment to the GIF and more. PhotoGIF is intended to optimize GIF images before saving them.

SuperGIF is an automated GIF image and GIF animation optimization tool that provides lossless image compression and color optimization. It can reduce the file size by up to 80% while maintaining high quality. We achieved about 20% savings on GIF files that had already been optimized before. Simply select the folder or images or drag them onto the interface and SuperGIF will optimize them and create an optional backup copy of the original. The interface is plain and simple, but the results are superb. The trial version can process one image at a time.

ReaCompressor is an easy to use image converter with a WYSIWYG interface. It allows you to easily convert images into JPG, GIF, PNG or TIF format. You can preview the original image side-by-side in each of the available formats and select from format specific settings which are applied to the preview image in real-time, allowing you to see what the converted image will look like before actually converting it. Additional features include image rotation, resizing, and zoom.

Blaze ImgConvert is a batch image conversion tool that supports over 140 formats (gif, jpg, jpeg 2000, TIF etc.) and offers additional features including resize, rotation and renaming of the output files. The program supports various format-specific sub-types as well as support for multi-page files. The converted files can be saved to the same folder, or a new location, and naming templates can be used to add incremental numbers, prefixes and more.

RPE Photo is designed to help you with the resizing and printing of your digital images. It enables non-technical users to easily resize images to be used as email attachment, and also offers some options to enhance the photos and remove red-eye effect. In addition, the program can also help you create layouts to print multiple images on the same page. Very basic features, mostly suitable for novice users.

Bearded Frog Enlarger Pro is a tool to create high quality enlargements of your digital images. Just select the input image, specify the enlargement size (2x,4x etc. up to 16x) you`re done. The enlarged images retain remarkable detail and sharpness.

iRedSoft Image Resizer is an easy to use program to resize and convert single or multiple JPG, BMP, PNG, Photoshop, TIFF, PCX, Targa and Paint Shop Pro images while retaining EXIF/IPTC header information during the process. It supports ratio aspects and can resize your images based on pixel dimensions or ratio and also add drop shadows in batch mode.

EasePhoto Image Resizer allows you to batch resize your photos, and optionally rotate them and/or add a watermark. You can also add a suffix or prefix to the file names and convert between several formats, including JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG and TIF. The watermark features supports text watermarks with adjustable transparency, as well as image (logo) overlays.

Quick ePics is an easy to use, yet powerful tool for preparing and optimizing your images. It can be used to process single images or multiple images in a batch, all at once or one at a time. It provides full "What you see is what you get" control over every image in the batch. You can see all changes in real-time as you make them without changing the original file. The image, as well as the displayed file size, size savings, and download time are immediately and dynamically updated as the compression level is changed or other aspect of the file are edited (color levels, size, brightness etc.). A handy peek button, allows you to quickly switch between the original image and the optimized version, so you can easily identify even the smallest compression quality losses. Additional features include send email, copy or drag to other programs (e.g FTP client), thumbnail options, batch renaming with support for prefix/suffix, cropping and more. Quick ePics Batch can also create backups of your batch images, so you can be sure that you always have a copy of your original images. The program can just as well be used as an image editor for single images.

PicShrink is an image compression tool that can convert, resize and compress your images. It supports several popular image formats (bmp, jpg, gif, png, wmf, emf) and can output the processed files to JPG and/or PNG format. You can also choose to add a text or image watermark to the output files and automatically email the reduced images, using your default email program. Other features include batch processing, custom profiles and image effects (brightness, contrast, border).

Web Photo Posting enables you to resize your images based on presets or custom profiles. You can size images based on the desired output dimensions or a maximum file size that should not be exceeded. The program offers two modes, an standard interface that allows you to select the files to be processed, and a small drag-and-drop window that can be used to quickly resize files while browsing folders with Windows Explorer. Other features include the option to output multiple sizez at once (e.g reduced versions and thumbnails), customizable profile settings, and automatic quality adjustments.

Jpeg Enhancer can fix images, that have been damaged by low-quality JPEG compression. If you have a photo that has been compressed at a low quality rate, the details can often appear blurry and smudged as a result of it. Jpeg Enhancer can fix this in most cases and restore a near-original appearance in many cases. The program is easy to use and produces good results with the default settings. You can also apply custom adjustments and further tweak the results. The interface lets you load the damaged image and then preview the fixed version next to it. The fixed image is not nearly as good as the original, but usually much better than the damaged version.

Media Resizer allows you to create thumbnails and scaled copies of all your images. You can customize the dimensions, preview the output and process entire directories with thousands of images at once. The program also offers several renaming options, which allows you to automatically assign new file names to the processed images. The output can be written in the same formt, or converted to GIF, JPG, BMP or PNG. A unique feature allows to to create thumbnail images for video files as well, the preview window allows you to select the frame that will be used for the thumbnail image. Additional features include cropping, case conversion and smart resizing. Attractive and easy to use.

Advanced JPEG Compressor is an interactive JPEG Image Compressor and Optimizer. It features a powerful and flexible JPEG compression engine that has been especially optimized for higher image quality. Some of the features include a unique Graphic Detail Quality Equalizer, selective image compression, and separate compression sliders for Luma (intensity) and Chroma (color) channels. The program also supports JPEG integrity marks which can be used to decompress damaged images. Advanced JPEG Compressor provides a pleasant, easy to navigate interface and tons of options.

Photo Gadget is a handy tool for quick resizing of one or more images. It integrates into the Windows explorer right-click menu and allows you to resize selected images, rename them, add a watermark, frame or caption, and also convert images to grayscale or sepia. You can process a single image, or select multiple images and apply the selected action to all of them at once.