JPEG Archive – utilities for archive JPEGs for long term storage

JPEG Archive is a small collection of utilities for archiving photos for saving to long term storage or serving over the web.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Command line utilities and scripts.
• Simple options and useful help.
• Good quality output via sane defaults.
• Utilities provided:
  • jpeg-archive -compress RAW and JPEG images in the current folder. See the image below for the available options.
  • jpeg-compare – available options:
    • Set fast comparison image has size.
    • Comparison method – choose fast, psnr, ssim, or ms-ssim.
    • Parse first input as PPM instead of JPEG.
    • Set first input file type to one of auto, jpeg, or ppm.
    • Set second input file type to one of auto, jpeg, or ppm.
  • jpeg-hash – usage: jpeg-hash [options] image.jpg. Option to the set the fast comparison image hash size.
  • jpeg-recompress – available options:
    • Set target quality,
    • Set a quality preset. Choose from low, medium, high, or very high.
    • Set the minimum JPEG quality.
    • Set the maximum JPEG quality.
    • Set the number of runs to attempt.
    • Favor accuracy over speed.
    • Set comparison method to mpe, ssim, ms-ssim, or smallfry.
    • Strip metadata.
    • Set defish strength.
    • Set defish zoom.
    • Parse input as PPM.
    • Disable copying files that will not be compressed.
    • Disable progressive encoding.
    • Set subsampling method to default or disable.
    • Set input file type to auto, jpeg, or ppm.
• Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows.

Website: github.com/danielgtaylor/jpeg-archive
Support:
Developer: Daniel G. Taylor
License: MIT License

JPEG Archive is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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