macik/iCatalyst

Image Catalyst - Loseless PNG, JPEG and GIF optimization / compression tool for Windows.

Image Catalyst

Loseless PNG, JPEG and GIF optimization / compression tool for Windows.

Created by Lorents & Res2001.

Tools used

PNG optimization

• AdvDef (AdvanceComp 1.20 beta);
• DeflOpt 2.07;
• Defluff 0.3.2;
• PNGWolfZopfli, 06.05.2015;
• TruePNG 0.5.0.4.

JPEG optimization

• JPEGinfo, 16.03.2014;
• JPEGstripper, 16.03.2014;
• MozJPEGTran (MozJPEG 3.1).

GIF optimization

• GIFSicle 1.87.

Additional software

• DlgMsgBox, 29.02.2012.

Requirements

Works starting from Windows XP SP3 32-bit.

Command line options

iCatalyst.bat [options] [add folders \ add files]

Options:
/png:#	PNG optimization options:
	1 - Compression level - Xtreme;
	2 - Compression level - Advanced;
	0 - skip PNG optimization.

/jpg:#	JPEG optimization options:
	1 - Encoding Process - Baseline;
	2 - Encoding Process - Progressive;
	3 - defaults;
	0 - skip JPEG optimization.

/gif:#	GIF optimization options:
		1 - defaults:
		0 - skip GIF optimization.

"/outdir:#"	image saving options:
		true  - replace originals;
		false - open dialogue to specify where to save images;
		"full path" - where to save images.
		For example: "/outdir:C:\temp", if there's no such dir exists, it will be created automatically.

Add folders \ Add files
- Specify full path pointing to images or dirs with images. For example: `"C:\Images" "C:\Photos" "C:\logo.png"`.
- You can't use symbols such as `&`, `%`, `(`, `)`, `!` etc. in paths.
- App handles images in directories recursively.

Drag and Drop

• Drop images and directories on iCatalyst.bat icon.
• There should not be symbols such as &, %, (, ), ! etc. in paths.
• App handles images in directories recursively.

PNG optimization settings

• Advanced - uses basic tools. Compression is usually better than Photoshop (Save for Web) by 10%;
• Xtreme - uses advanced tools. Usually better than Advanced mode by 2% but 5 times slower.

JPEG optimization settings

• Baseline - image will be displayed line by line when loading.
• Progressive - image will be loaded progressively .
• Default - uses defaults.

Tricks

• In order to pause optimization in the command line window press right mouse button and "select all". Press right mouse button again to resume.
• You can adjust settings in Tools\config.ini.
• By default multitheaded mode is used so it's not recommended to launch more than a single optimization process since it will be extremely slow. Multi-threaded mode can be turned off in Tools\config.ini.

Thanks

• Original tools authors.
• Member of encode.ru, forum.ru-board.com, forum.script-coding.com, forum.vingrad.ru and cyberforum.ru for their participation in the project;
• X128 for exceptional contributions.

License

MIT.

Roadmap

• SVG;
• Lossy PNG and JPEG.