"GIFmicro" to reduce size by optimizing GIF image / animation

GIFmicro is software that optimizes GIF image / GIF animation, reduces file size, and contributes to reducing traffic volume."Movie To GIF" that makes it easy to create GIF animations of your favorite size and length from moviesAnyone can easily create various GIF animations, but if you can optimize this GIF animation with this GIFmicro, you can show it to people with smaller file size.

GIFmicro | GIF file optimization application | Romeolight
http://www.romeolight.com/ja/products/gifmicro/


◆ From download to installation
In the middle of the page, click "Download Now" under the right column "Download".


Execute the downloaded "GIFmicroSetup.exe".


Click "Run"


Click "Next"


Click "Next"


Click "Next"


Click "Install"


Click "Finish"


An icon with the letter "G" appears on the desktop.


◆ How to use
The startup screen looks something like this


After that, drag and drop the GIF file you want to optimize ... ....


If you press the "Optimize" icon in the center among the icons arranged in the upper left, it is OK.


Original size is 1206 KB, after optimization it is 1203 KB. It succeeded in reducing the size of 3550 bytes, 0.29% in proportion.


Click on the hamburger icon in the upper right of the screen ......


The setting menu will appear, you can change the compression level, presence / absence of resizing, save options and so on. If you really want to reduce the file size but do not want to drop quality, uncheck the "lossy compression mode" check box and check the box to decrease the number of colors when you want to reduce the file size anyway .


Actually, I tried with some GIF animation files.

Sample 1 is a GIF animation of "cat sitting on chair"

Cat GIF - Find & amp; Share on GIPHY

Sample 2 is Snoopy's GIF Animation

New Year GIF - Find & amp; Share on GIPHY


Sample 3 is a GIF animation poking Ed cheeks appearing in "Cowboy · Bebop"

Tired GIF - Find & amp; Share on GIPHY


Sample 4 is "YouTube's"Piggy bank's "FACE BANK" action movie""GIF Maker" that you can easily create GIF animation from YouTube link and file for free easilyAnimated by GIF animation.


Let's try it in "lossy compression mode" off like this. It seems that 1 and 3 were already optimized at the time of being uploaded.


"Lossy compression mode" on, color scheme changing method "Diversity", with 90% of color, it looks like this. Optimized 1 and 3 do not change even if the mode is changed. The file size reduction width increased for 2 and 4.


Since it is possible to process a large amount of files at the same time, it may be useful when "I want to reduce the volume of GIF files that are in handy at hand", but that situation may not be so many ....