JPEG Imager is an interactive image compressor. It provides real-time preview of compressed image and handy means to compare it with original one. You can fiddle with various compression parameters and observe the effect of changes straight away. You also can specify a desired file size and let the program select the proper values automatically. It is perfect for "Quality vs. File Size" optimization. It may prove to be very useful if you need to optimize your images for publishing in the Web. Speaking about other features, it includes a set of basic image manipulation and enhancing operations such as Resample, Crop, Rotation, Gamma correction, Levels adjustment and so on. There is also a cleaning tool for noise removing and, of course, the TWAIN support for image acquisition from scanners and digital cams. You can acquire, enhance and optimize your images not having to use any other programs. Besides, It has a simple built-in batch processor and thumbnail generator.