General
• Fast interactive compression to JPEG, PNG or GIF files.
• Real-time preview of compressed image.
• Various compression controls.
• Synchronized Side By Side view.
• Handy tools for image scrolling and zooming.
• Basic image manipulation and enhancing operations.
° Resampling (resizing), cropping
° Rotation/Flipping
° Brightness, Contrast, Gamma correction
° Levels adjustment
° Color balance, Tones adjustment
° Negative, Conversion to Grayscale
° Convolution filters (Sharpen, Blur)
° Cleaning (noise reduction)
• Image acquisition from scanners or digital cameras via TWAIN.
• Simple built-in batch processor and thumbnail generator.

JPEG Compressor
• High compression ratio with good picture quality.
• Separate quality controls for luminance and chrominance.
• Flexible setup of color components subsampling.
• Progressive mode supported (greatly improved since v1.01).
• Selective extra-compression mode.
• Fit to file size feature - automatic quality adjustment.
• Optional retention of application specific data (such as EXIF) in APP1-15 marker segments.
• The ability to edit or automatically replace embedded JPEG file comment.
• Optional insertion of Restart Markers (integrity marks).

Version 2.5.1.407 (September 26, 2011)
• Added experimental support for JPEG XR (HD Photo) compression standard.
• Added an option to split the main window horizontally, which may make the comparison for landscape-oriented and panoramic images more convenient.
• Added an option to auto-hide the compression controls when not needed, i.e. when in editing mode.
• Fixed not remembering the last used compression format when you restart the program.
• The ability to overlay text can now be used in batch mode.
• Batch Wizard: added Padding option for thumbnail images. Borders and padding are now taken into account when resizing thumbnails so that a thumbnail does not exceed the max width and height that you specified.
• Fixed a bug that caused not loading some image file formats in batch mode.
• Also, please note that starting with this update, the program is no longer compatible with versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000 (e.g. Windows 95, 98, ME, and NT).

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