Most people will have an image optimizer in their software collection. Well, those of us who have a Website, either for business or pleasure, know that for the Web at least, images need to be optimised. The Reasoft people make a whole heap of nifty little tools, some of which we have already reviewed, ReaCompressor is yet another nifty little tool.

At $US49.95 this tool is something everyone can afford. Unlike the ultimate Image Editors Photoshop and Fireworks, ReaCompressor is limited to just resizing and optimising images but for that price it will suit the average small business who wish to make their images "Web-Ready".

With a simple and easily navigated user interface ReaCompressor makes batch and single processing of images a breeze.

There are a lot of key-features in this product, which make it worth remembering when you go shopping for a simple Image Optimizer:

All popular image formats are supported as input files, including - TIFF Bitmap (TIF, TIFF), CompuServe Bitmap (GIF), JPEG Bitmap (JPG, JPEG, JPE), PaintBrush (PCX), Windows Bitmap (BMP, DIB, RLE), Windows Icon (ICO), Windows Cursor (CUR), Portable Network Graphics (PNG),Windows Metafile (WMF), Enhanced Windows Metafile (EMF), Targa Bitmap (TGA, TARGA, VDA, ICB, VST, PIX), Portable Pixmap, GreyMap, BitMap (PXM, PPM, PGM, PBM).

I give this product a "thumbs-up". It is easy to use and a cheap addition to your software collection. If you have your own Website and just want to resize and optimize your images then I reiterate, this is the tool for you!