20 replies to this topic

[sargilla]

I just created an e-book with pics colours now it's up to the size of 20 MB.

winZipping it doesn't help , I need to compress it so much that I'm stuck whether i should use Total Commander or WinRAR.
i want to be able to send it to people and eventually I will be uploading it onto my server and people will be downloading it from there.

[serverph]

well... then try both - total commander and winrar - to see which of the two can yield a
MORE compressed file you pretty much answered your question already.

[pweb]

i Think winrar is better winzip
i use Winrar
its Fast
and easy

[BoSZ]

no1
every method of comperssion has options
remember that the more time it thake the better the outcome gets (read smaller)

be aware that if you wanna compress a "compressed" content you aint gonna gain much. By that i mean JPG,GIF,AVIssss etc - thise sourser are already compressed.

no2
winzip is the worst achriving standard ever build
winrar is mych better so does Gzip and Bzip(linux)
ACE stands even higher
and if your into comandline UHARK is the hardcore when it comes to compression

[MuTeD]

use winrar and compress it into a ISO file.. they are the smallest i have ever seen, but i never heard of the other compresser u said

[sargilla]

Ummm I tried everything know and the file is still big, I'm just going to print the pdf then scann it but low quality and make it into a pdf, I don't know that might make it smaller.

[NuHoaXuLa]

I think you must opimistic images and filter allthings without people eyes !
And after , compress file with highest compress by winrar !

[myo]

Well, let me tell ya It's been several years since I started using WinRar in place of WinZip. If you still use WinZIP, you should change your mind and move to WinRAR.

[rvovk]

There is a limit when you are compressing files. Expecially for JPEGs or other picture formats. Cause these formats tend to be already compressed by their algorithms, so make double compression will not make your files lot smaller, only few kB. Sometimes is gets even biggers .

Better solution is to recompress files to lower JPEG level in Photoshop. That could do the trick you want.

[pbrugge]

The best result I did see till now came from 7zip.

[/br]Archiver               Compressed size 	 Ratio[br]7-Zip (7z format)  5445402          100%[/br]WinRAR 3.10          6004155           110%[br]WinAce 2.3            6242424             115%[/br]CABARC 1.0          6455327           119%[br]7-Zip (zip format)   9461621            174%[/br]PKZIP 2.50             9842800             181%[br]

http://www.7-zip.org/