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Compress and decompress directories in C#

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Rod Stephens

The ZipFile class provides remarkably simple methods to compress and decompress directories in the zip format. This class is defined in the .NET Framework version 4.5, so this example is in Visual Studio 2017 instead of an older version. To … Continue reading →

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Compress JPG files in a directory in C#

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Rod Stephens

I wrote this example to help produce reduced-size versions of some of the thousands of pictures I’ve collected over the years. Unfortunately pictures you take with a modern camera or phone tend to be enormous. Fortunately most of my relatives … Continue reading →

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Quickly pick JPG compression level in C#

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Rod Stephens

The example Compress JPG files to a certain size in C# lets you adjust a file’s JPG compression level until it is no bigger than a specified size. It does that by starting at a compression level of 100 and … Continue reading →

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Compress JPG files to a certain size in C#

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Rod Stephens

The example Optimize JPEG compression level and file size in C# shows how to save a JPG file with different compression levels. Using a smaller level makes the resulting file smaller but introduces more error into the image. If you … Continue reading →

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