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PNGGauntlet Help

FAQs

• What are all these PNGOUT options?
• Why does it take so long to compress a file?
• Why do the progress bars jump back and forth?
• Why does PNGGauntlet need the .NET Framework?

Question: What are all these PNGOUT options?

Answer: Check out this PNGOUT tutorial on Ken Silverman's (the creator of PNGOUT, which PNGGauntlet uses for compression) site. In general, using the "Brute Force" option, which disables all other options, will get you the smallest file.

Question: Why does it take so long to compress a file?

Answer: PNGOUT works really hard to compress your images to the smallest possible size. That just takes some time.

Question: Why do the progress bars jump back and forth?

Answer: The progress bars take progress information from PNGOUT. PNGOUT makes several passes over the image trying different techniques to compress the files. What you're seeing is the progress of each of these passes.

Question: Why does PNGGauntlet need the .NET Framework?

Answer: XBList is developed in C#, using the .NET Framework. This means you need to have the framework installed for it to run.

Download PNGGauntlet (229KB Installer)

NOTE: You MUST have the .NET Framework 1.1 installed. You can get it from Windows Update or directly from Microsoft. PNGGauntlet runs only on Windows right now.

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