Works as advertised

Ive tried a number of JPEG optimization tools in the last fourteen years. Photoshops Bicubic Algorithm came along about PS7 and got subsequently better in CS1 and CS2. From that point until now there was nothing significantly better. im working on a graphic intensive web site and had saved all the images at 50% in the Save For Web dialog which was my compromise between file size and quality. (PS Bicubic has a huge jump in file size between 50% and 51%).

To test out the value of JPEGmini I duplicated half a dozen images that were already optimized for the site and ran them through the app. Then I dropped a layer of the JPEGmini image on the original Photoshop optimized image and zoomed in while cliciing on and off the visibility eyeball to observe any differences. At 100% there was no perceptible difference. At higher zoom percentages there was a slight difference but it wasnt obvious what was going on because artifacting didnt increase.

The results of my test convinced me to do the in-app purchase to the full version and proceeded to optimize all my site images. Individual image file sizes dropped from 10 to 25%. To me that was a significant and worthwhile saving in page load times. Im sold.

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