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PNGOptimizerMBS class

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
class Pictures Import and Export MBS Images Plugin 8.7 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
This class is a wrapper for the OptiPNG command line tool.
Example
dim p as Picture = LogoMBS(500)

dim fi as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test unoptimized.png")
if not fi.SaveAsPNGMBS(p,0) then
MsgBox "Failed to save PNG file."
Return
end if

dim fo as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test optimized.png")
fo.Delete // delete if existed before

dim o as new PNGOptimizerMBS

o.YieldTicks=10 // give time for other threads
o.InputFile=fi
o.OutputFile=fo

if o.Optimize then
MsgBox "OK: Saved "+str(o.BytesSaved)
fo.Launch
else
MsgBox "failed"
end if

OptiPNG: Advanced PNG optimization program.
http://optipng.sourceforge.net/

Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Cosmin Truta.
OptiPNG is open-source software, and is distributed under the same licensing and warranty terms as libpng.

PNG optimization is described in detail in the PNG-Tech article "A guide to PNG optimization"
http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~cosmin/pngtech/optipng.html

The idea of running multiple compression trials with different PNG filters and zlib parameters is inspired from the pngcrush program by Glenn Randers-Pehrson.
The idea of performing lossless image reductions is inspired from the pngrewrite program by Jason Summers.

This class has no sub classes.

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Release notes

  • Version 18.3
    • Added Debug, Fix, Overwrite, Quiet, Snip, StripAll and Verbose properties to PNGOptimizerMBS class.

The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS Images Plugin.


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