IMGCrush (New Python image optimizing tool)

[kiithsacmp at gmail.com]

On Sep 5, 4:30 pm, a... at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote:
> In article <a66eaf23-ef2f-49bd-9a5a-d7e35e3b0... at l13g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
>
> kiithsa... at gmail.com <kiithsa... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >Requires ImageMagick and Python (coded in python 2.x, I'm running 2.6
> >but it might run on older python as well)
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> Why are you using ImageMagick instead of PIL?
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Mainly because it started as an ImageMagick based bash script :p. But
ImageMagicks ability to load just about any format helps.
Also, from what I see in PIL docs, it doesn't seem to allow to set as
many format specific saving options (especially various rarely used
PNG options), which is extremely important for IMGCrush.