[magick-users] compression for small bitmaps

[Andrew Graham]

Have you tried Bob's Suggestion? I.e.:
    convert +profile "*" _test.jpg _test_no_profile.jpg

Result:
15,912 _test.jpg
 2,647 _test_no_profile.jpg

Btw, "_test_manual_edited.jpg" is unreadable in several imaging apps.

Regards,
Andrew Graham
using IM 4.5.2 on WinXP

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wiebe van der Worp" <wiebe at viaisn.nl>
To: "Bob Friesenhahn" <bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us>;
<magick-users at imagemagick.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 10:14 pm
Subject: Re: [magick-users] compression for small bitmaps

> I've manual edited one of the attached files. It went from 16kB to 6kB.
> I took away two parts: a header and a footer. I have no idea what I did,
> exept for that the header was partial ASCII information from the camera
> vendor.
>
> Was the footer a profile? If so than what is the syntax on the dos prompt?
> How can I achieve this on a win command line?
>
> >>I tried this:
> >>convert -quality 50 -geometry 150x100 -antialias -profile _prof.jpg
> >>_temp.jpeg _test.jpg
> >>but that is obvious not what you mean.
> >>
> >>What does +profile '*' do, and what can I do on a windows command prompt
> >>to get rid of those tiny little bits.
> >>
> > It is supposed to remove all embedded profiles from the image.  The
> > '*' is not supposed to expand to file names.