LinkOptimizer is a small tool for Adobe InDesign that reduces the size of linked images by eliminating excessive image data.

LinkOptimizer will help you save valuable storage space, time and reduce production costs in a variety of ways by reducing the size of images linked to your InDesign document: saving valuable hard drive and backup storage space, increasing speed of printing of your document and creating PDF files, saving valuable time when transferring your job to service providers, publications or other outside sources, reducing the cost of your job through faster processing by service providers, speeding up your overall job turnaround.

LinkOptimizer will scale and crop the images in Photoshop according to their dimensions in the InDesign document and the target resolution specified, automatically reduce the image resolution, and reimport them to InDesign at 100%.

Here are some key features of "LinkOptimizer":

· Optimize image copies and leave originals untouched.
· Optimize images in non-rectangular containers.
· Convert image colors to CMYK, RGB or Grayscale.
· Apply sharpening filters.
· More flexible and informative links table: sortable columns, immage format info, ability to select multiple lin.

Requirements:

· Adobe InDesign CS or later
· Adobe Photoshop CS or later

Limitations:

· 15 days full working trial.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· FIXED: Processing of InDesign CS documents is now possible.
· FIXED: Fixed an issue in which an error message was displayed when selecting links in Links table after analyzing InDesign CS/CS2 documents. Note: Image previews are not supported in InDesign CS/CS2.
· Users who don't use InDesign CS/CS2 can skip this update.