RIOT - Radical Image Optimization Tool
A free program designed to efficiently optimize images for the Web
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I am working on the next version of RIOT – 0.4. This version contains very interesting new features and improvements:
(Please come back soon because I plan to post also a video presenting the new version…)
(* NEW *) Batch Optimizer
Optimize mulitiple images at once with great simplicity
(* NEW *) Basic image adjustments
Adjust brightness, contrast, gamma, invert [...]
RIOT became quite popular in its young existence. I noticed a spectacular adoption growth since the first release. I must say I was very impressed that this program has now more than occasional users – it has fans That’s a good reason for me to continue working at this program.
With the help of [...]
I was very impressed and honored to see that a well known french IT magazine – Clubic – included RIOT among the best 50 freeware applications of the year 2009.
My surprise was even bigger to find RIOT was the first in the category “Les meilleurs outils graphiques gratuits de l’année 2009″ (The best free graphic utilities of year 2009).
Changelog:
v.0.3.5 – 27.10.2009
- bugfix: Save image fails in some cases. It occurs only when the image is opened by command line or drag & drop and “Show dialog on Save”
is disabled (default) – the original image is not updated (overwritten).
The image is saved in fact in the wrong folder (current folder). Fixed !
- fixed handling [...]
Riot for GIMP was released. It can be downloaded from the GIMP Plugin Registry
http://registry.gimp.org/node/20778
This plug-in calls RIOT for the selected area/layer.
******* The RIOT DLL package is required. *********
It still has incomplete support for all color types, but it works good for most of them. I am waiting for user feedback to continue working on it, [...]
After months of preparing the next version of branch 0.3, I want to announce the availability of the latest stable version – 0.3.4.
This version aims to provide the most stable version of RIOT since the beginning of this project.
The most important fix addresses the infamous Vista SP2 access violation after displaying the save dialog. This error occurs only in the DLL version (IrfanView plugin). Users of the standalone application never experienced that.
This new version offers some nice speed improvements when working with JPEG and PNG, it corrects a series of bugs and provides some features like the full screen view, improved save functions, extended support for Photoshop PSD files.
For GIMP users this may be a good news:
I am working on a GIMP plugin that offers the same functionality as the IrfanView plugin.
GIMP users will have a new option in File->Save for web with RIOT which opens the current image in RIOT for filesize optimization.
The plugin is almost done. I plan to release it [...]
The official IrfanView plugins package contains now version 0.3.3 Lite of RIOT.
It is a good thing becase many problems have been fixed since 0.1.7 (last version bundled) and new features have been introduced.
Among the most important changes are the new interface, unicode support, ability to import metadata, mask/transparency options, several speed optimizations and fixes. Read [...]
Hello all,
RIOT version 0.3.3 is available.
This version is a stablity release that addresses some problems with memory management and provides several fixes and optimizations. One important fix is for TIFF support. RIOT is again able to open files with different compression methods.
Here is the changelog:
v.0.3.3
- plugins: fixed some memory leaks (especially noticeable in batch operations [...]
RIOT 0.3.1 for IrfanView was released but removed shortly afterwards.
An access violation was thrown during program initialization.
That’s why I released a new version 0.3.2 so fast
Changelog:
v.0.3.2
- plugin: fixed a problem in 0.3.1 with the IrfanView plugin when retrieving configuration settings. An access violation error was thrown.
- configuration data is now stored in the current [...]