FileOptimizer versions

Reduce the size of photos, videos, songs, documents, and other files
May 11, 2023
Jan 15, 2023
Nov 20, 2022
Jul 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022
May 4, 2022
Feb 15, 2022
Jan 2, 2022
Jun 29, 2021
Dec 25, 2020
Review
Mar 23, 2020
Editorial review
rating
8.4
Jun 20, 2016
Review
8.3
May 5, 2016
8.2
Feb 16, 2016
Review
8.1
Jan 1, 2016
Review
7.9
Aug 22, 2015
Review
7.8
Jun 2, 2015
Review
7.7
May 19, 2015
7.6
Apr 30, 2015
7.4
Apr 18, 2015
7.3
Mar 16, 2015
7.2
Mar 22, 2015
7.1
Feb 23, 2015
Review
7.0
Sep 27, 2014
Jan 14, 2015
Review
6.8
Apr 30, 2014
Review

What's new

v14.5 [Dec 25, 2020]
- Added support for pingo when copy metadata is enabled (Devedse).
- Added support for webp lossless with pingo.
- Updated jpeg-archive to 2.2.0.
- Updated pingo to 0.99 rc3 (23) x64 version.
- Updated ImageMagick to 7.0.10.37 with HDRI support.
- Updated Ghostscript to 9.53.3.
- Updated mozjpeg to 4.0.1 RC2 build 20200929 x86 and x64 binaries
- Updated to mutool 1.18.
- Updated ffmpeg to 4.3.1.
- Updated to cppcheck 2.2.
- Some minor optimizations and code cleanup.

v14.2 [Mar 23, 2020]
Bugs fixed.

v8.4 [Jun 20, 2016]
8.40 - 2016/06/17
- Added MIME (.mht .mhtml .eml .emlx .msg .mbx .vcf .vcard) support with Leanify (JoeW).
- Added optional JPEG lossy recompression by adding jpeg-recompress (maadjordan).
- Added INI setting JPEGAllowLossy=false to enable lossy JPEG optimizations (maadjordan).
- Added ZIP SFX installer detection.
- Added InstallShield Wizard and RTPatch Updater detections to exclude processing like we did with Inno Setup (ThisWillDoIt).
- Added Nullsoft Install System detections to exclude processing in EXE chain.
- Added ECT to the MP3 toolchain to optimize embedded images (Skibicki).
- Fixed a bug calling Ghostscript, that ignored parameters after dPDFSETTINGS which should made quality and size better (Skibicki #5).
- Removed generator metatag from tidy output (JoeW).
- Disabled Leanify, and PNGout for APNG because the broke optimized files in some cases (Folding Home).
- Disabled ImageWorsener for WEBP, because it is not lossless (Skibicki #9).
- Added EPRT extension (Solid Works) to ZIP chain (maadjordan).
- Added Leanify to the HTML/SVG toolchain when HTMLEnableTidy is enabled (JoeW).
- Updated Leanify to 0.4.3.136 daily binaries.
- Updated donation button to use Paypal.me so it can accept different currencies that euros (JoeW).
- Updated pngquant to 2.7.0a.
- Updated to ECT 0.4 x86 and x64 optimized builds (thanks Malloc Voidstar).
- Updated ImageMagick 7.0.2.0 with HDRI support.
- Updated to NSIS 3.0 RC1.
- Updated to cppcheck 1.74.
- Upgraded distributions to 7-Zip 16.02.
- Some minor optimizations and code cleanup.

v8.1 [Jan 1, 2016]
- Enhanced GZ, JPEG and PNG compression by adding ECT 0.1 by Felix Hanau.
- Fixed Windows 10 theme (d4k0).
- Workedarround a bug in C++ Builder Seattle that made executables require BORLANDMM.DLL -https://forums.embarcadero.com/thread.jspa?messageID=706835- (d4k0).
- Fixed a problem with disabled menu items after optimization (d4k0).

v7.9 [Aug 22, 2015]
7.90 - 2015/08/20
- Tested to be compatible on new Microsoft Windows 10.
- Better PNG optimizations by allowing tunning TruePNG parameters, including remove metadata and lossy recompression.
- Better JPEG optimizations by allowing to run jhead when metadata should be copied too (Jaff).
- Do not convert SVG to SVGZ (JoeW).
- Updated Leanify to 0.4.2.64 daily binaries.
- Updated ImageMagick to 6.9.2.0 with HDRI support.
- Updated gifsicle to 1.88 (custom build).
- Updated TruePNG to 0.6.0.0.
- Updated strip to 2.25.1.
- Updated to NSIS 3.0 beta 2.
- Updated custom builds with Visual C 2015 (gifsicle, jpegoptim, jsmin).
- Upgraded distributions to 7-Zip 15.06.

v7.8 [Jun 2, 2015]
7.80 - 2015/06/01
- Fixed an incompatibility with Windows XP introduced in 7.50 by unsupported COPY_FILE_NO_BUFFERING flag that makes CopyFileEx API function fail (Vivil).
- Fixed lossy PNG optimization was performed even if "allow lossy" was unchecked (guindos98, alex, Newtomic).
- Tested over mapped and unmapped network shares.
- Keep rotation on EXIF rotated JPEG images, even if metadata is stripped (Jaff).
- Updated ImageMagick to 6.9.14.
- Updated tidy-html5 to 4.9.26-26-g9785399 patched to be Windows XP compatible.
- Updated Leanify to 0.4.2.45 daily binaries.
- Updated mozjpeg to 3.10.
- Updated jpegoptim to 1.4.3 (custom built).
- Upgraded distributions to 7-Zip 15.03.

v7.1 [Feb 23, 2015]
- Added Matroska support with mkclean for .mkv, .mka, and .mks file extensions (SpanishDogg).
- Added XML (.xml, .fb2 .xsl, .xslt) support with Leanify.
- Added LUA (.lua .luac) support with Leanify.
- Allow concurrent executions of different FileOptimizer instances over different file sets.
- Added more PDF profiles, including without downsampling, 100 dpi, 200 dpi and 600 dpi (stratos chatzi).
- Added 250 dpi setting for PDF (Special).
- Added INI option ExcludeMask="" to specify paths (folder/files) that contain it as substring will be excluded (Tomasz W.).
- Exclusion list can now optionally contain more than one substrings if separated by semicolon (;).
- Added INI option ZIPRecurse=false prevent Leanify inside ZIP files.
- Added INI option XMLEnableLeanify=false enable Leanify on XML files.
- Added INI option LUAEnableLeanify=false enable Leanify on LUA files.
- Allow optimizing JPEG files when copy metadata is enabled by using new --keep-exif switch as well as inside ZIP files (Jaff).
- Added .DEB, and .IPK file extensions to the GZ tool chain (maadjordan).
- Added .FXG and .KML file extensions to the XML tool chain (maadjordan).
- Added .BAR, .CDR, .CDT, .CSL, .DES, .FXG .IPSW, .KMZ, and .SWC file extensions to the ZIP tool chain (maadjordan).
- Disabled ImageMagick for GIF optimization because in some cases it does quantization, and so on, causes quality loss (Vivil).
- Implemented Restore defaults in options dialog to return to factory settings.
- Add preference option for ExcludeMask (Tomasz W.).
- Add option for ZIPRecurse.
- Added LUA options tab.
- Added XML options tab.
- Add hints on Options pages with supported file types.
- Made options dialog accept it faster by preventing changing the theme if not modified.
- Slightly faster startup times.
- Added Leanify to the JPEG tool chain.
- Added Leanify to the EXE tool chain.
- Added .rdb and .gft extensions to the ZIP tool chain.
- Slightly smaller PDF recompression by using dDetectDuplicateImages=true Ghostcript switch.
- Fixed log levels in Options dialog.
- Updated to jHead 3.00.
- Updated ImageMagick to 6.9.0.6.
- Updated PNGOUT to 02/13/2015.
- Better quality and smaller PDF by adding -dOptimize=true -dConvertCMYKImagesToRGB=true -dColorConversionStrategy=/sRGB -dColorImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dGrayImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dMonoImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic.
- Updated TruePNG to 0.5.0.4.
- Upgraded distributions to 7-Zip 9.38.
- Minor source code improvements.

v7.0 [Jan 14, 2015]
- Added FLAC compression using FLACOUT (DotDotDot).
- Added MP4 compression (.mp4 .m4a .m4b, .m4p, .m4r .m4v .acc) using mp4v2 (Francisco Eirea Bito-on).
- Added Autodesk Revit (.rvt) and Solidworks formats (.sldprt, .slddrw, .sldasm) to the OLE tool chain (maadjordan).
- Added eDrawings (easm) to the ZIP tool chain (maadjordan).- Integrated Leanify compression for GZ, SWF and ZIP formats.
- Added TAR support with Leanify.
- Updated Leanify 0.4.2 binaries with Windows XP compatibility. Thanks JayXon.
- Added DWF extension to the ZIP tool chain (maadjordan).
- Added .ksf, .wsz, .wal, .wmz, .mdz, .miz, .s3z, .xmz, .itz, .osk, .rmskin, .mmip, .msz extensions to the ZIP toolchain (Jaff).
- Added .vlt extension to the GZ toolchain (Jaff).
- Launch TruePNG before PNGOut to improve PNG compression (trlkly).
- Added OCX and VBX extensions to the DLL toolchain.
- Improved GIF compression ratio upgrading to gifsicle 1.87 (custom build).
- Better GIF compression ratio adding --crop-transparency and if metadata should be removed --no-comments --no-extensions --no-names (Vivid).
- Unpacked TruePNG.exe to avoid false positives with Symantec AVs (LayZee).
- Improved WEBP compression ratio updating to libwebp 0.4.2.
- Improved GZ, MNG, PNG, and ZIP compression ratio updating to AdvanceCOMP 1.20 beta.
- Upgraded to Ghostcript 9.15.
- Removed ImageMagick from the JPEG toolchain because it can cause quality loss (deluge).
- Brand new plugin execution, easier to mantain, and also more efficient.
- Updated APNG Optimizer to 1.3.
- Updated mozjpeg to 3.00 which improves compression ratio, and fixes Photoshop incompatibilities (Lard).
- Updated TruePNG to 0.5.0.3 (Jaff).
- Updated jpegoptim to 1.4.2 (custom built) (Jaff).
- Updated ImageMagick to 6.9.0.0.
- Updated PngOptimizer to 2.4.1.
- Added ini options bBMPCopyMetadata=false, bGIFCopyMetadata=false, bMiscCopyMetadata=false, bPCXCopyMetadata=false, bTIFFCopyMetadata=false to control copying metadata for other filetypes.
- Do not suffix shortcuts on the installed with x86 or x64, since only once will be available (trlkly).
- Added Leanify to PNG and ICO tool chains.
- Fixed reopening FileOptimizer when closed minimized from the taskbar (d4k0).
- Skipped files now have the Skipped status in the Status column instead of Pending.
- Cancel optimization is now faster.
- Remove Control Alt X accelerator in installer shortcuts (AdamDobay).
- Improved GUI drawing performance.
- Internal build number now matches subversion repository revision.
- Better performance updating to ASMLib 2.35.
- Updated to NSIS 3.0 beta 1.
- Removed Launch wording in installer shortcuts (David Mártínez).
- Slight WINE compatibility improvements (Jesus Alcaras).
- Make sure file still was not deleted before processing (A user).
- Launched plugins now do with the same process priority as FileOptimizer (A user).
- Small installer/uninstaller improvements.
- Upgraded to C Builder XE7.
- Upgraded distributions to 7-Zip 9.35.
- Source code migrated to a subversion repository at http://sourceforge.net/p/nikkhokkho/code/HEAD/tree/.

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