: What is the best way to create light-weight PNG images? I want to create light weight PNG images with good quality. Can anyone suggest the best way...Note: Need to use these PNG images in

@Si6392903

If you use Mac then try ImageAlpha (lossy PNG compressor) and ImageOptim (improves compression further).

On Windows it'll be TinyPNG and PNGGauntlet.

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@Cugini998

In addition to the programs suggested by KMSTR, I've had excellent results with PNGOUT.

From the PNGOUT tutorial:


"PNGOUT is a tool which can optimize PNG files created by other programs. It can be run from the Windows Run dialog box or at the command prompt. PNGOUT can produce even smaller files than pngcrush -brute or optipng -o7"


There's also a Windows GUI version called PNGOUTWin available, although it's shareware so you'll have to pay a few bucks for the full version.

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@Samaraweera207

Perhaps you can try Photoshop, File> Save for Web & Devices...

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@Marchetta832

From how-to.wikia:


PNG files are lossless compressed bitmaped images. While they are
compressed, they can still attain large file sizes depending on the
type of image data saved. Similar to GIF files, they are best suited
for images with large areas of solid colours and defined boundaries
(such as logos). They also support transparencies and 24 or 32 bit
colour. Unlike JPG files, they are not suited for storing photographic
image data. A properly compressed JPG can be about 10% the size of a
PNG in this situation. As PNG files are lossless, most methods of
compressing them involve running additional algorithms that try to
optimize the compression techniques used. Some PNG compressors also
remove useless metadata.


Examples: Pngcrush or Tinypng

So yes, there is a way to compress them and to reduce file size. Having said that, this is also the first google result which you should have checked out. Additionally, what they are being used for also has an influence on what format you should use. I suggest including that in the question.

Source: how-to.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_reduce_the_file_size_of_a_PNG_file
Addition: I have had good results with ImageOptim when compressing may files in a folder structure. Please also note the warning for Xcode compression.

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