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diff --git a/graphics/imgmin/README b/graphics/imgmin/README index 100c39786528..debd7ca88f33 100644 --- a/graphics/imgmin/README +++ b/graphics/imgmin/README @@ -1,22 +1,24 @@ -imgmin is a CLI app uses a lossless mechanism to generate the optimized images -by manipulating pixel blocks. imgmin offers an automated means for enforcing -image quality as a standalone tool and as a webserver module. imgmin -determines the optimal balance of image quality and filesize, often greatly -reducing image size while retaining quality for casual use, which translates -into more efficient use of storage and network bandwidth, which saves money -and improves user experience. +imgmin is a CLI app uses a lossless mechanism to generate the +optimized images by manipulating pixel blocks. imgmin offers an +automated means for enforcing image quality as a standalone tool +and as a webserver module. imgmin determines the optimal balance of +image quality and filesize, often greatly reducing image size while +retaining quality for casual use, which translates into more efficient +use of storage and network bandwidth, which saves money and improves +user experience. -The JPEG quality settings most used by graphics professionals tend to be -highly conservative because Compression and image quality are inversely -proportional and graphics people are interested in utmost visual quality and -not in spending time worrying about network efficiency. +The JPEG quality settings most used by graphics professionals tend +to be highly conservative because Compression and image quality are +inversely proportional and graphics people are interested in utmost +visual quality and not in spending time worrying about network +efficiency. -The result of overly conservative JPEG compression and webservers' inability -to compress them any further means that many images on the web are too large. -JPEG's overwhelming popularity as the most common image format means that many -pages contain dozens of JPEG images. +The result of overly conservative JPEG compression and webservers' +inability to compress them any further means that many images on the +web are too large. JPEG's overwhelming popularity as the most common +image format means that many pages contain dozens of JPEG images. -These bloated images take longer to transfer, leading to extended load time, -which does not produce a good viewer experience. +These bloated images take longer to transfer, leading to extended load +time, which does not produce a good viewer experience. This software is licensed under the MIT license. |