Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn

I really shouldn't keep responding to this and keep going deeper down the rabbit hole: But why, pray tell would you want to reduce the file sizes of a bunch of gigantic 8 MB-12 MB images to an arbitrary somewhat smaller file size like 5.99 MB?

You see, people often ask technical questions on forums or of other people without really explaining what their reasoning, their ultimate goal and intended practical purpose is. So they might get answer like for example- "use shareware program x" -that technically answers their question, and it leads them down a path of inefficiency or pointlessness of doing something backwards that no one else would really do.

People who do tech support or are experienced in certain fields experience this all the time so usually we make an assumption or ask for clarification before even answering a technical question, especially if it doesn't really make sense.

You see, it's quite possible for a third party to imagine that the answer to your *real* issue might not be to reduce the file sizes of these images at all but rather something else entirely that is in effect a better solution to the core issue which you haven't really explained yet.

Just saying.