kabel42
@rl_dane what do you use to make your #LossyPNG?
Mar 13 at 8:49pmWeb
Show threadCJ  👨‍💻Mar 13
@kabel42 @rl_dane Not RL but I often use a one-liner in ImageMagick from the command line to compress PNGs. Works pretty well, also lets me do some other stuff like resizing which is always helpful to have.
Show threadkabel42Mar 13
@roguefoam @rl_dane kolorpaint krita has a filter to reduce images to n colors, but that doesn't work well for me for most stuff
Show threadCJ  👨‍💻Mar 13

@kabel42 @rl_dane If I remember later when I’m back on my computer, I’ll hunt down the one liner I usually use. If I remember correctly my usual one does do color reduction but also normal PNG compression and general file compression I think.

It’s been a long time since I actually cared about image file types so not as well versed in it these days - but I keep that handy since my work sometimes throws a lot of JPEGs and PNGs my way that need to be compressed in bulk to fit some file upload limits.

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 13

@kabel42 @roguefoam

In GIMP, it's alt+i,m,i to convert to indexed color, and there are options there to specify a bespoke palette of n colors, or to use a pre-made custom palette, and dithering options.

Show threadkabel42Mar 14
@rl_dane @roguefoam a preview would be cool
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 14

@kabel42 @roguefoam

Preview? In what sense?

Show threadkabel42Mar 14
@rl_dane @roguefoam see how the image would look with the current settings.
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 14

@kabel42 @roguefoam

Ah. Well, it's easy enough to convert, then rock back and forth with Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y (or was it Ctrl+Shift+Z?)

Show threadkabel42Mar 14
@rl_dane @roguefoam sure, would just be nice to have
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 13

@kabel42

GIMP or Imagemagick.

For Imagemagick, it's as simple as convert meme.jpeg +dither -colors 16 meme.png

Sometimes I use GIMP to pick the colors more precisely.