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diff --git a/graphics/imgmin/README b/graphics/imgmin/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..100c397865 --- /dev/null +++ b/graphics/imgmin/README @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +imgmin is a CLI app uses a lossless mechanism to generate the optimized images +by manipulating pixel blocks. imgmin offers an automated means for enforcing +image quality as a standalone tool and as a webserver module. imgmin +determines the optimal balance of image quality and filesize, often greatly +reducing image size while retaining quality for casual use, which translates +into more efficient use of storage and network bandwidth, which saves money +and improves user experience. + +The JPEG quality settings most used by graphics professionals tend to be +highly conservative because Compression and image quality are inversely +proportional and graphics people are interested in utmost visual quality and +not in spending time worrying about network efficiency. + +The result of overly conservative JPEG compression and webservers' inability +to compress them any further means that many images on the web are too large. +JPEG's overwhelming popularity as the most common image format means that many +pages contain dozens of JPEG images. + +These bloated images take longer to transfer, leading to extended load time, +which does not produce a good viewer experience. + +This software is licensed under the MIT license. |