Jpeg Mini 3 Pro

[MaraLee]

I know most of us end up taking a LOT of photos. I just finished processing several hundred over the weekend. File storage, especially unlimited, costs money, and I have yet to commit to one place online as I feel they all have their pros and cons. Consequently, I have files stored in different online clouds and on external hard drives.

To cut down on the space needed, I've started using Jpeg Mini 3 Pro. It IS a paid app, but it really does do what it claims, and cuts down on the file size and frees up a lot of room on my cloud storage and hard drives, without sacrificing file quality. Files upload faster, and social media doesn't compress them into mud.

No, I get no kickback for mentioning it here, it's just a useful app and I'm happy to pass it along to others. You can download the free trial at:

https://www.jpegmini.com/ I used a promo code of "upgrade2020" after using the free trial and it still worked even thought it's now 2021. The promo code gives you 30% off so the standalone app is $41. You can use it on multiple computers. There is also a pro suite with Lightroom, Photoshop and Capture One plugins.

I did a batch conversion of over 700 files and it only took a minute or two and ran flawlessly. I saved myself over 10GB of disk space the first day I downloaded the app. Yeah, I know this sounds like a sales pitch, but I have no affiliation with them whatsoever. I'm just happy to find a way to store and share jpgs without having them compressed into low-res ugliness.

 

[Greg]

I'm sceptical about the compression and your little or no loss of quality. For starters, JPG is compressed and quality is compromised. To squeeze again something got to give. I have 2x 1Tb hard drives and a 240Gb SSD only used for system and program files in my computer. I only ever put stuff in the clouds to share, then only temporally. hard drives are so cheap, when my computer was built I think I paid an extra £50 for 1 of the hard drives.

1TB will hold 125,000 24 Mb files. I just looked on eBay and a 3Tb drive cost £45. For less than £150 you can store 1,125,000 24Mb files

 

[Greg]

Your pictures, they have the same name and the same size

email them to me PM

 

[MaraLee]

Your pictures, they have the same name and the same size

email them to me PM

I must be blind. I don't see a place here OR on your profile to email or PM you?

 

[Greg]

You have a point. I just assumed the option was there.
Email me (address removed) if you are ok doing that

 

[Greg]

Pics have arrived. Will have a look now

 

[Greg]

OK. I'm convinced.

One of the files arrived as a file less than 2Mb. I could zoom to 5357 x 3648. it looked almost perfect. When you zoom in that much you are bound to see errors in any picture.

I will give the app a go and see how well I can edit a picture it after it has been through it. Not today though

 

[MaraLee]

Man, I'm not good at multitasking tonight. I went to download the photos I'd posted and accidentally deleted the entire post. Now it's not letting me upload again for some reason. I sent you a screenshot, Greg, showing the file info on both images. One shows image size of 9.1mg and the other 1.6mb, just like the text shows on the images.

 

[Greg]

I saw that. I don't think Gmail would compress files you send in email. It is remarkable how much detail survives in a file that is less than 1/4 of the original size

 

[Greg]

Please remove my email address from your message, just in case there are spammers about. Thanks

 

[MaraLee]

OK. I'm convinced.

One of the files arrived as a file less than 2Mb. I could zoom to 5357 x 3648. it looked almost perfect. When you zoom in that much you are bound to see errors in any picture.

I will give the app a go and see how well I can edit a picture it after it has been through it. Not today though

They have a free trial. You can see how much use you'd get out of it.

 

[MaraLee]

Please remove my email address from your message, just in case there are spammers about. Thanks

Done

 

[Greg]

It is still in a message you have quoted me

 

[Greg]

There is an option to message privately here

Pont the persons icon. a menu appears, click on where it says Start onversation

 

[MaraLee]

I deleted the message completely.
The start conversation thing starts a new thread here on the forum.

 

[Greg]

I have just sent you a private message. No one else can see it. Moderator might

 

[Hali]

I've had jpegminipro for a while and I used it for a while and then I forgot all about it, I never made it a part of my workflow... thank you for reminding me! I'll have to look into version 3, I still have version 2.