JPEGmini is a free-to-use online service for compressing JPEG files up to 80% without any perceivable loss.
It uses a new/patent pending technology, works only on JPEG files and generates JPEG files again as the output.
The performance reaches the top when the images are high quality photos and edited-resized-processed images gets minor improvements (but still good).
Currently, it is available only as a web-based service (no command-line, API, etc.) and although it is possible to compress images with no sign-up, a free account comes with features like bulk upload and unlimited usage.
Using paper textures is always a popular trend in design of any kind.
Here is a set of 7 high quality paper & cardboard textures -created exclusively for WebResourcesDepot by TextureZine- that are free to use in personal/commercial projects.
All textures are in JPEG format & 3168*4752px size.
About the designer: Hakan Nural is a graphic designer, blogger & stock photographer. He is running
TextureZine which is a website presenting free & unique textures created by him.
Info: The download package is a .zip file & sized 46.2mb.
P.S. The textures can not be distributed in any other media. Please refer to this page if you mention them on your website. Thanks very much for that.
Shape Collage is a free software for creating photo collages automatically.
The collages can be in any shape, including the ready to use templates or the ones that you can create from scratch.
Images used can be selected from the computer or web. And, they are totally customizable:
- Size & number of the photos, collage size, spacing between photos can be defined
- Background image/color & borders can be selected
The collage created can be in GIF, JPEG & PSD format (so you can edit the collage more).
The software has Windows, Mac, Linux & Java versions.
Compatibility: Windows, Linux, Mac or web-based with Java
Fotonotes is a collection of scripts for annotating images. Simply, it lets you add notes over images.
With the help of a PHP file (supports PHP4 & PHP5), every note added to the images are stored in JPEG headers in XML format.
There is a very nice example on the website which you can try the code.
Download package includes classes for alternate storage strategies like databases.
Requirements: PHP4+
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
