Universal Texture Shrinker

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Universal Texture Shrinker (UTS) v1. 1 - BETA

Fast, flexible, and safe texture downsizing for games and mods.

Overview

UTS batch‑processes textures to reduce size while preserving quality. It supports common formats (PNG, JPEG, WebP, AVIF) and game‑centric DDS targets (BC1/3/7, mips, color space), with a modern UI, presets manager, live logs, and portable workflow.

Highlights

• [] One‑click presets (Fast, Balanced, Max Quality) + your own collections

  [] Per‑format controls with sensible defaults and safe guards

  [] DDS pipeline with mips and color space choices tuned for games

  [] Theme Maker with full dark mode and color customization

  [] Portable data folder (presets, themes, logs) for easy sharing

  [] Multithreaded processing with progress, logs, and CSV report

  Quick Start

  • []Map each tool you are going to use, per texture file format.

    [] Launch UTS. Pick an Input folder and an Output folder.

    [] Choose a Preset (e.g., Balanced) or tune per‑format settings.

    [] Press Start. Watch progress and review the live log.

    [] Open the Report (CSV) or the log to verify savings and any skips.

    Features:

    Presets Manager

    Organize and reuse settings as portable `.utspreset` files.

    • [] Collections: Group presets into folders. Create, rename, delete collections.

      [] Save Current Settings: Capture your current UI configuration with a Name, optional Author, and Description (300 chars). Save to All (root) or to a collection.

      [] Add Selected to Collection: Copy an existing preset into another collection.

      [] Pinned Presets: Pin favorites for quick access from the menu.

      [] Search + Details: Filter presets; see differences vs current settings.

      Per‑Format Controls

      Tune encoding for each target. Defaults aim for quality‑first with good speed.

      • [] PNG: Quality min/max + speed (pngquant). Lossy min/max compressed, preserves alpha.

        [] JPEG: Quality slider + progressive option (jpegtran/jpegoptim pipeline).

        [] WebP: Quality, alpha quality, method (cwebp) for great lossy compression.

        [] AVIF: Quality + speed (avifenc), excellent small sizes for UI/textures.

        [] DDS (BC): BC1/3/7 selection, color space (Linear/sRGB), mips (KEEP/STRIP/REGEN), optional size clamp to power‑of‑two ceilings.

        Rules & Safety

        • [] Processes only selected formats; originals remain untouched in the input folder.

          [] Skips unsuitable files gracefully with log messages (e.g., unsupported or corrupted images).

          [] Power‑of‑two and block constraints for BC formats are respected automatically.

          Logging & Reports

          • [] Live Log: Human‑readable status with warnings and actions

            [] Session Logs: `UTS_data/logs/UTS_session_.txt`

            [] CSV Summary: Per‑file before/after sizes with totals for quick verification

            Performance

            • [] Multithreaded worker (adjust thread count to match your CPU)

              [] Efficient encoders and optional size clamps to avoid over‑processing very large assets

              External Tools (Engines Used & Needed)

              UTS orchestrates proven, open‑source command‑line encoders. You will need to download each one if you intent to use a particular format.

              [] pngquant (PNG): High‑quality lossy PNG quantizer — https://pngquant.org/

              [] pngcrush (PNG, optional): Additional lossless optimization — http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/

              [] jpegtran (JPEG): Lossless transforms, part of libjpeg‑turbo — https://libjpeg-turbo.org/

              [] jpegoptim (JPEG): Lossless size reduction — https://github.com/tjko/jpegoptim

              [*] cwebp (WebP): Google’s WebP encoder — https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/docs/