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Some pictures/comics collections can be huge, sometimes well above 50Gb. If you don't need 8K .png pictures to fap, you can compress your collections by following these instructions.
1. First of all, remove all the developer's files. In picture collections, you will often find files such as .psd, .clip, Photoshop brushes, videos or .gif timelapses, etc. You only want to keep the pictures [unless the artist also makes animations and gifs!, in which case compress these files following the tutorial for compressing animations].
Use the search function (ctrl+F) and type the extensions of the files you want to remove (eg. ".psd"). The collection will already be much lighter after this.
2. For the compression, use the freeware
a. In the "Input" tab, be sure to select "delete original" and "clear the input files"
b. Still in the "Input" tab, go in the "format section, select "JPG", and quality 90%.
3. In the "Actions tab", add the image->resize and clean metadata" actions, then add the following presets:
(You only have to configure xnconvert once).
4. Finally, drag and drop your collection folder into the "Input" tab. Xnconvert is a great software, which can automatically detect files in the subfolders, and it keeps the original folder structure.
Once the files have finished loading, sort them by extention, so you can be sure you haven't missed any developer's files. If there are only picture formats, you're good to go, and click convert.
Xnconvert can save you up to 99% of disk space: a 4K .png picture will typically weighs 15Mb, but only 150Kb once converted to a 2000p .jpg (99% size reduction)!
1. First of all, remove all the developer's files. In picture collections, you will often find files such as .psd, .clip, Photoshop brushes, videos or .gif timelapses, etc. You only want to keep the pictures [unless the artist also makes animations and gifs!, in which case compress these files following the tutorial for compressing animations].
Use the search function (ctrl+F) and type the extensions of the files you want to remove (eg. ".psd"). The collection will already be much lighter after this.
2. For the compression, use the freeware
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. You need to configure it as in the following pictures:a. In the "Input" tab, be sure to select "delete original" and "clear the input files"
b. Still in the "Input" tab, go in the "format section, select "JPG", and quality 90%.
3. In the "Actions tab", add the image->resize and clean metadata" actions, then add the following presets:
(You only have to configure xnconvert once).
4. Finally, drag and drop your collection folder into the "Input" tab. Xnconvert is a great software, which can automatically detect files in the subfolders, and it keeps the original folder structure.
Once the files have finished loading, sort them by extention, so you can be sure you haven't missed any developer's files. If there are only picture formats, you're good to go, and click convert.
Xnconvert can save you up to 99% of disk space: a 4K .png picture will typically weighs 15Mb, but only 150Kb once converted to a 2000p .jpg (99% size reduction)!
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