You can use Apple's Preview application to scan documents, but unless you adjust some settings the final file size may end up being very large. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been ...

If you are new to GIMP, then we suspect you may have problems performing basic tasks. For example, you might be wondering if it’s even possible for users to crop, rotate, and resize a photo. Well, the ...

If you’re building an app or site that stores, manipulates or serves a lot of images, you’ll want to consider implementing Google’s new image compression algorithm, which promises to reduce JPEG file ...

Google has come up with a brand-new image compression algorithm it devised, the purpose of which is to reduce file size of JPEGs by 35 percent, without any noticeable or significant dips in image ...

Google has developed and open-sourced a new JPEG algorithm that reduces file size by about 35 percent—or alternatively, image quality can be significantly improved while keeping file size constant.