RIOT — Radical Image Optimization Tool

[XnTriq]

• Lucian Sabo's RIOT
  A free program designed to efficiently optimize images for the Web
  • RIOT XnView AddOn
    Pierre-e Gougelet, the author of XnView, created an addon to use RIOT in it’s well known viewer.
    Now XnView users have RIOT integrated into their favorite viewer to be able to easily optimize pictures using RIOT.
  • DLL version
    The RIOT addon for XnView is accesible after installing by selecting Filter->RIOT if an image is viewed or Tools->Plugin->RIOT in the XnView file browser.
• XnView.com
  • Additional Downloads » Addons
    Allows to use RIOT plugin, thanks to Lucian Sabo
• XnView Forum
  • FAQ: Let's talk about Plug-Ins... ...and AddOns
  • Addons/Plugins/...
  • XnView 1.97.5
  • RIOT Plugin Installer
  • Incompatibility of RIOT add-on (solved)

• 
  Screenshot `borrowed´ from
  ZoNi's helpful installation instructions

[XnTriq]

As many of you probably know, there is a RIOT (Radical Image Optimization Tool) addon for XnView created by the XnView author - that is the addon not RIOT itself.
For users that don't know yet about RIOT, this is a free image optimization tool, very handy for reducing the image filesize.

In the past RIOT could be plugged into XnView only manually by copying the required files.
But now the RIOT addon for XnView comes as an easy to use installer.
The installation wizard will locate any supported host applications like XnView, IrfanView or GIMP and and automatically copy files to the proper location. No more troubles with copying FreeImage.dll and RIot.dll in the correct location !

The installer can be downloaded from the RIOT website:
http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/download/

[Peter2]

Current version: 0.4.6 from Feb. 25, 2011
http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/download/

Peter

[ckit]

Thanks Peter2 and XnTriq!
Just noticed that XnView 1.98.2 still has v0.4.1 included, not v0.4.6 and v0.5 must be close too!

[Peter2]

Version 0.5 beta is released:
http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/0-5-privat ... on+Tool%29

Peter

[XnTriq]

v. 0.5.0
+ added automatic optimization mode
+ added loading support for "half float" format to TIFF
+ added drag folder to load files in batch mode
+ added progress monitoring for jpeg load/save and resize
! superior internal PNG compression. Added 4 compression levels (zlib-9 with heuristics and filters for low setting and zopfli deflate used for the higher settings)
! color quantization to 2 colors now outputs 1 bit images instead of 4 bit (smaller filesize)
! changed transparency settings (added simplify checkbox)
! faster color quantization of images with 16 colors or less (output bit depth controlled by the quantizer itself)
! greatly improved resize/resampling speed
! upgraded to LibTiff 4.0.3
! upgraded to libPNG 1.5.13
! upgraded to OpenJPEG 1.5.1
! allowed loading of PNG with benign errors (such as images with too many IDATs)
* batch settings: keep date date & report size changes options are now preserved
* fixed crashing when loading some JPEG files with invalid EXIF tag length
* fixed PNG plugin with saving of transparent monochrome images
* fixed JPEG error: Exif: Suspicious offset of first IFD value
* fixed a crash when loading TIFF images with a TIFFTAG_TRANSFERFUNCTION Exif tag
* fixed a crash reading a TIFF with an uncommon 24-bit palettized file
* allowed loading of TIF with missing bitspersample/samplesperpixel/photometric tags
* fixed BigTIFF signature validation
* fixed TIFF plugin truncating metadata tag on loading if type is ASCII and it's value is of variable size (TIFF_VARIABLE)
* fixed loading of Exif with bad thumbnail data or with a bad first offset size
* fixed PSD parser when reading PSD files with corrupted resources
* resize: fixed a NULL-pointer access bug occurring for transparent images with a linear palette
- removed PNG interlacing
- removed Grayscale from Color reduction presets => replaced with Grayscale checkbox in Image adjustments
- removed libMNG, using internal reader instead

[Peter2]

Bug in new version - please read it:

RIOT 0.5.0 batch mode broken in manual/user format mode
http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/riot-0-5-0 ... on+Tool%29

Peter

[XnTriq]

Here http://www.netmagazine.com/features/bes ... sion-tools you find "The best image compression tools" - also "Riot"

Interesting!

[Peter2]

version 0.5.1 was released and is a recommended upgrade to 0.5.0

http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/version-0- ... on+Tool%29

Peter

[XnTriq]

Last stable: v0.5.2 (08/Oct/2013)

* fixed r s h l v keys prohibited in batch->output path
* fixed filesize different single file vs batch mode if image is resized and using automatic mode.The original was analyzed instead of the resized one in batch mode.
* fixed RIOT stops opening images after switching to batch mode and back
* fixed scrollbar flicker
* fixed loading of TGA 8-bit files with a palette size greater that 256
* fixed TIFF parser didn't initialize the memory with zeros in stripped mode. This caused random bitmap data if the tiff file was corrupted/invalid.

[Peter2]

Last stable: v0.5.2 (08/Oct/2013)...

Hi XnTriq
it seems that you and me are using the same RSS-Reader ...

Peter

[XnTriq]

it seems that you and me are using the same RSS-Reader ...

Yes, we obviously have a few things in common

[XnTriq]

• Long expected version 0.6 was released
• RIOT Lite vs Extended version

v. 0.6.0 (13.08.2016)
+ added “Auto, Original Format” mode, renamed modes
+ Batch: added option to save in original folder in order to keep folder structure
+ Batch: added option to backup originals on overwrite
* fixed behavior for using the original image if smaller only if we use an option from the batch mode
* fixed resize issues when keep aspect ratio is checked and both dimensions are provided

[Peter2]

• Long expected version 0.6 was released...

For the plugin, the download still contains version 0.5.2 from 2013.

Peter

[XnTriq]

Thank you, Peter: EXE-Version from 2016, plugin-version from 2013?