Clop 2.6.0 - Release Notes

Side-by-side comparison

You can now compare images, videos and PDFs side by side to see the difference between the original and the optimised version.

There is now a way to set where the optimised files will be placed:

Temporary folder: they will be placed in the system temp folder that gets cleaned up periodically by the system
In-place (replace original): the default, moves the original file into Clop's backup folder and replaces it with the optimised file
Same folder (as original): places the optimised file alongside the original, renaming it based on the configured template
Specific folder: places the optimised file in a specific path anywhere on disk, configured with a template

When using commands like clop optimise --output <some path>, the output path now uses the new templating engine.

To understand this better, here are some examples when resizing the PNG files on Desktop using something like:

# the command is being run from ~/Documents/
~/Documents ❯ clop crop --size 1600x900 --output <template> ~/Desktop/screenshots/*.png

... where <template> can be:

resized_to_%z -> path relative to current dir, places files in ~/Documents/resized_to_1600x900/
~/Pictures/twitter/%f_%z.%e -> absolute path, files will get paths like ~/Pictures/twitter/shot_1600x900.png
%P/../twitter/ -> path relative to image dir, places files in ~/Desktop/twitter/

Use the new Jpegli perceptive encoder from Google for even smaller JPEG images
Update ffmpeg to version 7.0 for better video encoding
Allow configuring the location where Clop stores temporary files and backups and when to clean up files
Allow disabling floating results UI
The global Ctrl-Shift-P hotkey can now toggle between:
- Running: Clop is listening to clipboard and file events
- Paused: Clop is paused for the next clipboard/file event and will resume automatically
- Stopped: All automatic optimisations are stopped until manually resumed by user

Add --adaptive-optimisation and --no-adaptive-optimisation options to CLI commands that can act on images
Speed up PNG optimisation by using pngquant's --speed 3 option
Improve EXIF metadata handling when optimising images and videos
Detect files that are in progress of being created/modified and wait for the operation to settle before optimising

Fix --downscale-factor parsing on clop optimise CLI
Fix automation not triggering shortcuts for videos and PDFs
Fix: if a previously optimised file was replaced with a new file, an old backup was being used for optimisations instead of the new file
Fix creation/modification date not being preserved for videos