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/CS2/CS3.
· Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2/CS3.

Limitations:

· 15 days full working trial.

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

· Fixed an issue in which LinkOptimizer didn't backup original images before overwriting them even when the backup option was selected.