Many site developers use PNG image as their default image uploading format because the format mostly keeps all image details intact. However this means that the format uses the maximum possible colors for every image – only then is every detail captured. Because of this, PNG images of colorful photographs usually have a large file size. This can be quite inconvenient for online sharing since many times one needs to adhere to the file size limitations of the site one is uploading the image to. Apart from that, uploading a smaller image simply means that it loads up faster and others get to see it quicker. One way would be to compromise the image quality by converting the PNG image into something like a JPEG image. Alternatively, you can use the excellent web application called “PNG Minimizer” that reduces the file size of your PNG images without significantly affecting the image quality.

PNG Minimizer is a free to use web application that all internet users will find most beneficial. This application lets you size down a high quality PNG image very easily. Basically, the app lets you reduce the colors of the PNG images you have in order to get a small sized and slightly less defined image. You can control the slider indicating the number of colors. Obviously, the lower you set the slider, the smaller the output image is going to be.

The app lets you set the slider between 2 and 256 colors.

Features:

• A user friendly web service
• Let’s you size down PNG images
• Let’s you select number of colors in a PNG image
• Does not significantly affect the quality of image
• Similar: Kraken, JPEGmini, AgileUploader

Check out PNG Minimizer @ http://media4x.com/png-minimizer/