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Ping - 1.0.1

PNG file compressor

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	1.0.1
Release Date:	2006-10-15
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	3,427
Downloads (all versions):	3,700

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Product Description:

If you deal with PNG files, you need this app.

PNG is a great format. It's lossless, patent-free, open, and supported by all sorts of stuff. It's great for screenshots, line drawings, and anything that needs to look good. Unfortunately, many programs which save to PNG format do a horrible job of it. Adobe Photoshop is one of the worst offenders, creating PNG files many times the size they should be. So we created Ping. To use it, simply drop a PNG file on it. Ping will then optimize the file, often reducing its size to a mere fraction of the original.

Unlike similar utilities, Ping is a Universal Binary. Not only that, but we've optimized OptiPNG (the underlying tech. that powers Ping) for the latest Intel chips -- taking advantage of all the cool (at least to us geeks) features that're at the heart of Apple's latest and greatest computers.

Interested? Well Ping is free -- so try it out!

What's new in this version:

Fixed bug preventing multiple file drag and drops.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 or later

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very good - Version: 1.0.1, 12/22/2006 03:58AM PST

jportway (noodle heaven)

A nice lean piece of software that does a very good job of something that was previously very tedious with command line tools. Congratulations to the authors for avoiding bloat. To the other reviewers who complain they don't get very good compression results - you have to understand that this is the nature of data compression. This program will do its best to find the optimum compression settings for your image, but if your PNG file is already saved with optimum compression settings then this isn't going to magically shrink the file any more. You're likely to find some files shrink by more then 50% and some have no saving at all - it's not a problem with this program, it just depends on how well compressed the input image is.

A FREE and EASY to use PNG OPTIMIZER! - Version: 1.0.1, 10/24/2006 09:11AM PST

das-iro

Just look the results and try it yourself:
Ping needs the double amount of time, but returns better results and is free.

A 10 Mpx gray picture
1093245 Byte Photoshop size 120%
1000702 Byte QuickTime size 110%
913113   Byte Ping            size Baseline (100%)

A screenshot 1276 X 943 px
838193 Byte QuickTime size 102%
822999 Byte Original      size Baseline (100%)
807123 Byte Photoshop size 98%
801618 Byte Ping           size 97%

Ping doesn't do the job - Version: 1.0.1, 10/17/2006 03:27AM PST

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al-ex

I have dragged Png files over Ping icon - one of 93mb and one of 24mb. It took the application a l o n g time to process the files and the results were: 1 file of 93mb and 1 file of 24mb. Just waste of time.