How can I make a .PNG or .ZIP file smaller?

Computer Tips - How can I make a .PNG or .ZIP file smaller?

Date: 2018mar1 OS: Linux, Windows Keywords: shrink, save space, compress Q. How can I make a .PNG or .ZIP file smaller? A. Advancecomp is made for just this. https://github.com/amadvance/advancecomp http://www.advancemame.it/ A good way to use it for zip files:

advzip -z -k -4 *.zip

-z = recompress the specified archives -k = keep the zip time -4 = best compression For png files:

advpng -z -4 *.png

To install on RedHat/Fedora/CentOS:

dnf install advancecomp

There is also pngcrush In some cases pngnq might help. In Photoshop you can use "Save For Web". Uncheck [_] Transparency if you don't need it extra savings.