Is there a program that will strip Photoshop information from images, especially jpg, so they will work properly with other programs. I thought I saw such a program, but I can't remember where. The latest versions of Photoshop add info to the basic jpg, and I get odd results when opening in other programs. I could just save them back out, but then I would have to worry about setting the correct compression to optimize file size and image quality.

Attached Link: http://sylvana.net/jpegcrop/

If you use save for web, then you shouldn't have a problem. There are quite a few Utilities that could do this, Jpegtran and JHead, a couple. There's a thread about this in Photo.net http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=003j8d

Thanks for the links. The problem is with Poser textures from others not working in some programs like in the thread at photo.net

Attached Link: http://www.irfanview.com

I just found out that IrfanView will do a lossless optimization on JPGs. I need to do a little more reading about the options, though.

acdsee 3.1 rocks! better than infranview IMHO:o)does batch tasks as well being an awesome filebrowser that makes a good explorer alternative. you need vers 3.1 though - anything after is too bulky. im me if you have difficulties tracking it down :o)

I use acdsee 3.1 also. Opens up fast. I tried acdsee 6 and hated it. Think I got acdsee 3.1 with digital camera. It's also great opening files with wrong file extensions (files that were renamed instead of converted). Photoshop will just give an error message and won't open files.