Crunch - Wicked good PNG image compression by tabris

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steemhunt · @tabris · Mar 26 '18

$2.27

Crunch - Wicked good PNG image compression

# Crunch
Wicked good PNG image compression

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## Screenshots
<center>![Screen Shot 2018-03-26 at 07.52.08-crunch-crunch.png](https://i.imgur.com/TvRuuql.png)</center>



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## Description
According to the developer:
`Insane(ly slow but wicked good) PNG image optimization (macOS)`

It does lossy compression (sacrifice a little bit of image quality), but its footprint is minimal. No one would notice the difference except on some  special images (like [Color Circle Image]((https://github.com/chrissimpkins/Crunch#color-circle-image)) on their examples).

I think the best part of this tool is ease of use. No settings, no options. All you need to do is just drag and drop the PNG files.
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## Test 
I tested with one of the biggest image on Steemhunt website:

- Original Size: 1,487,740 bytes
- ImageOptim (100% quality): 1,102,344 bytes
- ImageOptim (80% quality): 337,537 bytes
- Crunch: 311,953 bytes

#### Original (= ImageOptim 100% quality)
![original.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVBwN6muLLh75JDFaxUDxdXFQSkSs4z93bBZLexnu8JUM/original.png)

#### Image Optim (ImageOptim 80% quality)
![optim-80.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUH21yuNYjEfBfmM7EU7ocbmoaHbRVBv4HWrHXDHEemcB/optim-80.png)

#### Crunch
![original-crunch.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdcCGvnxCKkQYz1cTHz9NhqN9NTgA5Y63PoKHr8NPd9HY/original-crunch.png)
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## Conclusion
I tested few images and it seems it's similar to ImageOptim 80% settings (little bit smaller in size, little bit worse in quality)

This tool uses `pngquant --quality=80-98` option internally, so if you already use ImageOptim & ImageAlpha combination for lossless & lossy minification, you may not need this tool additionally.

However, if you don't know much about image compression, and if you prefer an easier interface, it's a nice tool to begin with.



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## Link
https://github.com/chrissimpkins/Crunch?ref=steemhunt

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## Contributors
Hunter: @tabris

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@tabris · Dec 6 '18 (edited)

test1

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@tabris · Dec 6 '18

test2

properties (22)

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@tabris · Dec 6 '18 (edited)

test3-1

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