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Archive for September, 2009

Quick and Easy YouTube Tip!

Posted by datonn on September 30th, 2009

This isn’t as much a image optimization tip as it is a time saving tip. However, I recently learned a neat little trick for skipping directly to the portions of a YouTube video that you want to view!
Let’s say, for example, you wanted to share a video of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch [...]

PNGSlim 1.0 (out of beta)

Posted by datonn on September 25th, 2009

Just a quick posting tonight to let people know that PNGSlim 1.0 is now out of beta! Still more to do, from the sound of Andrew Dent’s readme file…but positive progress, which is always tremendously appreciated.
http://people.bath.ac.uk/ea2aced/tech/png/pngslim.zip
Edited to add: this link was malfunctioning as of October 15, 2009. I have not figured out why the link [...]

PNGSlim

Posted by datonn on September 24th, 2009

Just a quick posting to let folks know that Andrew Dent has released the v1.0beta3 version of PNGSlim, as of September 23, 2009. To download a copy of that updated tool, you may visit: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ea2aced/tech/png/pngslim10b3.zip.
This release includes (in Andrew’s own words):
- Update introduces first step in making the script a bit smarter and efficient.
- Bug [...]

Clever PNG Optimization Techniques

Posted by datonn on September 17th, 2009

This is a quick posting to simply share one of the better .png optimization articles I have come across out there on the Internet in quite some time. It is called “Clever PNG Optimization Techniques,” and was written by Sergey Chikuyonok and published in Smashing Magazine on July 15, 2009.
It is a FANTASTIC exploration of [...]

Weight Loss Clinic: Image Optimization for the Web

Posted by datonn on September 2nd, 2009

Just a quick FYI to let folks know that I have joined with Stoyan Stefanov at Yahoo! (developer of the smush.it tool) to offer to jointly present a workshop at the 2010 South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas. If you’re a fan of the SXSW event, or you’d just like to help Stoyan and [...]


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