Curtail
Curtail is an image compressor, supporting PNG, JPEG and WEBP file types. It support both lossless and lossy compression modes with an option to whether keep or not metadata of images.
The Lossy compression technique does not restored the data in its original form after decompression. The Lossless compression doesn't remove any critical data. It strips metadata and such.
How to Install Curtail:
Method 1:
You can can install it via the Software Center. Search for Curtail and then click the Install button.
Method 1:
You can can install it via the Software Center. Search for Curtail and then click the Install button.
Method 2:
You can can install it via the Terminal. Enter the following:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apandada1/curtail
sudo apt update
sudo apt install curtail
Uninstall Curtail
sudo apt remove curtail
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:apandada1/curtail
You can can install it via the Terminal. Enter the following:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apandada1/curtail
sudo apt update
sudo apt install curtail
Uninstall Curtail
sudo apt remove curtail
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:apandada1/curtail
Method 3:
You can download the binary or Linux installation file from pkgs.org.or Launchpad.
Curtail Download for Linux (deb, pkg, rpm, txz, xz, zst)
Method 4:
You can can install it as Flatpak via the FlatHub website.
Command line instructions
Install: flatpak install flathub com.github.huluti.Curtail
Run: flatpak run com.github.huluti.Curtail
You can can install it as Flatpak via the FlatHub website.
Command line instructions
Install: flatpak install flathub com.github.huluti.Curtail
Run: flatpak run com.github.huluti.Curtail
How to Use Curtail:
Once you get the program installed, you should be ready to start the application.
Once you get the program installed, you should be ready to start the application.
Below is an image of the program when you first start it. I am using a dark theme, so my program appears dark.
Click the ellipsis or three vertical dots icon to display a drop-down menu.
The image below shows the default settings in the General tab.
The image below shows the default settings in the Compression tab.
The image below shows the default settings in the Advanced tab.
I selected Lossy to provide the most compression to the selected images. Then I clicked the Browse your files button.
I selected the images I wanted to compress and clicked the Open button.
It will then display a dialog box showing the original file size and new file size and the savings percentage.
You can now compare the original images to the converted images.
If you're looking for a program to reduce or compress your images or photos, then I highly recommend that you try Curtail.
August 15, 2022
