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Aerate for macOS — Ridiculously good lossless image compression
Aerate is a category leading lossless image compressor for macOS. Easily and dramatically compress PNG and JPG images using all new engines and settings. Save results individually, and with the new multi-core mode, process bulk tasks at unbelievable speeds.
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Shelby DeNike
Would love to see how this compares to JPegMini in your comparisons
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Why do you compare yourself to ImageOptim and show that the results of that app are better then yours? https://tppr.me/S35lP
@patrickloonstra If you look, they are marginally better but take about 3x longer
@patrickloonstra no need to continue condescending comments, especially when they make yourself look even more out of touch. Just stop commenting next time you clearly make a mistake :-)
Hi ProductHunt!
We're really excited to be launching Aerate today! As you can see above, Aerate is a complete rethinking of conventional image compression tool, with innovative new modes and the unbelievably powerful multi-core mode.
With Aerate, we're making a free version available to all, with some of these more powerful features being exclusive to Aerate Pro. Just for you guys, we're offering 35% off today only using the code 'ProductHunt' at checkout! Additionally, here are 8 free licenses for the first lucky grabbers:
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Please be sure to let us know what you think and leave us a review on the Mac App Store!
@bzg0515 Hi Binyamin! How do I apply one of the free licenses? I only see options to buy and not a box to input a license key.
@chad_fullerton All the licensees have been used, however I may give more away on twitter soon @bzgoldman
@setapp @sumit_designs We're discussing it - be sure to let them know you are interested!
I have to say, it is a little bit faster than ImageOptim (on free version). The file size is smaller than ImageOptim in lossless mode. However, I still prefer the lossy compression from ImageOptim. It doesn't lose too much quality (you won't notice unless you zooming 100% and compare with the original side by side), while the file size is a lot smaller than Aerate. Smaller file size is much more important than faster compression time in my opinion.
Right away I tested this against the other image compressors I already have installed — ImageOptim, Squash, Optimage, and JPEGmini. The results were, well… to be fair Aerate JUST got here. So let's give it time.
I recorded my screen for the test, here's that: http://cozy.es/lGv9Jc (still uploading)
I left all apps with fairly even, middleground settings. I did two tests, one on a folder of 5 PNGs, the other on a test of 5 JPGs (photos of my office). The results:
PNGs
Original: 1 mb
Aerate: 771 kb
ImageOptim: 427 kb
Optimage: 423 kb
Squash: 1 mb (boo)
JPGs
Original: 16.2 mb
Aerate: 10.3 mb
ImageOptim: 2.6 mb
Optimage: 7.4 mb
Squash: 9.4 mb
JPEGmini: 8.8 mb
I don't feel like getting out my stop watch, but suffice it to say they were all pretty close in how long these little tests took, with Squash and Optimage being clearly slower on the JPGs.
And Aerate's interface doesn't let you start the next batch of optimizations until you've cleared the current batch, unlike the rest.
And I hit some sort of strange error in trying to save the files (and it's unclear to me if the files are saved automatically over top of the originals, or not).
So, some hiccups early, but I'll keep an eye on this space.
The dev gifted me a license, so now I'm re-trying on Pro, with multicore turned on.
Aerate on Fast was nearly instant on both tests (that's crazy for the JPG test). Results:
PNGs
Aerate Fast: 753 kb
Aerate Extreme: 728 kb
JPGs
Aerate Fast 10.1mb
Aerate Extreme: 10.1 mb again
So:
* The multi-core makes a huge difference. Whoa. Crazy fast.
* "Fast" seems to be the setting to go with (that's what the dev told me he prefers)
* Overall file sizes are still larger than ImageOptim (the apparent king of the hill) or, really, anyone else.
Also: this test is super limited. Obviously.
@pierreroberge Hi Pierre, could you please tell me which macOS you are on and what version you were using? (ie, App Store or Direct)
@pierreroberge @cristian_manafu Hey guys, we just pushed a fix that should fix this, it needs to be re-downloaded directly from the site: bzgapps.com/aerate. Apologies for the inconviecne
@jameskoss Hi James, this is unusual. Were you prompted to submit a crash report on next launch?
@jameskoss hey again, fix now available, and must be downloaded again bzgapps.com/aerate. Apologies for the inconvenience.
@colorlavie Could you contact me at bzgapps.com/support to discuss further?
Hey @colorlavie , a fix is now available and must be downloaded directly from bzagpps.com/aerate. Thanks for reporting and apologies for the issues.
I took a look at the website but don't see anything about resizing.
Does Aerate allow you to resize the images as well?
For example, I'd like to compress the filesize and shrink all images to be max 820px width. Possible?