Flags / Options for pngcrush

Here’s the list of flags / options for pngcrush-1.8.11 – January 2017 Version.

A couple common flags are “-ow” to overwrite the original file with the crushed file and “-brute” to ‘brute-force’ all optimization methods (slowest, but most compression)

usage:
pngcrush [options except for -e -d] infile.png outfile.png
pngcrush -e ext [other options] file.png ...
pngcrush -d dir/ [other options] file.png ...
pngcrush -ow [other options] file.png [tempfile.png]
pngcrush -n -v file.png ...

options:

-bail (bail out of trial when size exceeds best size found)
-blacken (zero samples underlying fully-transparent pixels)
-brute (use brute-force: try 148 different methods)
-c color_type of output file [0, 2, 4, or 6]
-check (check CRC and ADLER32 checksums)
-d directory_name/ (where output files will go)
-e extension (used for creating output filename)
-f user_filter [0-5] for specified method
-fix (salvage PNG with otherwise fatal conditions)
-force (write output even if IDAT is larger)
-g gamma (float or fixed*100000, e.g., 0.45455 or 45455)
-huffman (use only zlib strategy 2, Huffman-only)
-iccp length "Profile Name" iccp_file
-itxt b[efore_IDAT]|a[fter_IDAT] "keyword"
-keep chunk_name
-l zlib_compression_level [0-9] for specified method
-loco ("loco crush" truecolor PNGs)
-m method [1 through 150]
-max maximum_IDAT_size [default 524288L]
-mng (write a new MNG, do not crush embedded PNGs)
-n (no save; doesn't do compression or write output PNG)
-new (Use new default settings (-reduce))
-newtimestamp (Reset file modification time [default])
-nobail (do not bail out early from trial -- see "-bail")
-nocheck (do not check CRC and ADLER32 checksums)
-nofilecheck (do not check for infile.png == outfile.png)
-noforce (default; do not write output when IDAT is larger)
-nolimits (turns off limits on width, height, cache, malloc)
-noreduce (turns off all "-reduce" operations)
-noreduce_palette (turns off "-reduce_palette" operation)
-old (Use old default settings (no -reduce))
-oldtimestamp (Do not reset file modification time)
-ow (Overwrite)
-q (quiet) suppresses console output except for warnings
-reduce (do lossless color-type or bit-depth reduction)
-rem chunkname (or "alla" or "allb")
-replace_gamma gamma (float or fixed*100000) even if it is present.
-res resolution in dpi
-rle (use only zlib strategy 3, RLE-only)
-s (silent) suppresses console output including warnings
-save (keep all copy-unsafe PNG chunks)
-speed Avoid the AVG and PAETH filters, for decoding speed
-srgb [0, 1, 2, or 3]
-ster [0 or 1]
-text b[efore_IDAT]|a[fter_IDAT] "keyword" "text"
-trns_array n trns[0] trns[1] .. trns[n-1]
-trns index red green blue gray
-v (display more detailed information)
-version (display the pngcrush version)
-warn (only show warnings)
-w compression_window_size [32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1, 512]
-z zlib_strategy [0, 1, 2, or 3] for specified method
-zmem zlib_compression_mem_level [1-9, default 9]
-zitxt b|a "keyword" "lcode" "tkey" "text"
-ztxt b[efore_IDAT]|a[fter_IDAT] "keyword" "text"
-h (help and legal notices)
-p (pause)

These notes were also printed with the info statement on the program.

| Copyright (C) 1998-2002, 2006-2016 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
| Portions Copyright (C) 2005 Greg Roelofs
| This is a free, open-source program. Permission is irrevocably
| granted to everyone to use this version of pngcrush without
| payment of any fee.
| Executable name is pngcrush
| It was built with bundled libpng-1.6.28
| and is running with bundled libpng-1.6.28
| Copyright (C) 1998-2004, 2006-2016 Glenn Randers-Pehrson,
| Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Andreas Dilger,
| Copyright (C) 1995, Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42 Inc.,
| and bundled zlib-1.2.11, Copyright (C) 1995-2017,
| Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler,
| and using “clock()”.
| It was compiled with gcc version 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.42.1).

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