ReaCompressor provides you with an ability to choose from the most effective compression formats for you image for the web, e-mailing, storing, faxing, etc.: JPG, GIF, PNG or TIF. Then you can optimize it with your own JPG, GIF, PNG and TIF settings and see changes in a real time. It lets you quickly and easily compare your original image with optimized JPG, GIF, PNG or TIF by its visual quality, size, etc. in a double pane view of both input and output image. Also, choose 'convert to a black&white' option if you want to compress scanned faxes, scripts, books, etc. By showing an image in your own settings and desired quality ReaCompressor helps web professionals and amateurs better optimize an image and make the right decision on it's format, quality and size. Your original graphic file format can be any. So it is not only compression / optimization but also conversion solution as well. With the release of version 1.7, ReaCompressor has now become a major talking point among professionals around the world, offering a wealth of 'most requested' features such as: double pane view of both input and output image; more picture view than ANY other compression/optimization utility; batch compression; the ability to drag your image around the screen using the click on 'hand' mover; our unique 'floating' compression control panel; instant preview of web-ready output images; dragable zoom lever and highly sensitive control of zoom ratio. The new release also features JPG region specific compression that allows you to produce JPG files some areas of which are compressed more or less than others. For example, you can set a high quality for most important parts of an image and lower for the rest. The resulting image looks almost as an original, having significantly smaller file size. ReaCompressor now reads 340 image file formats to optimize image from and it's keeping on adding new file types that increases its incidence appreciably.