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Your starting point

Use Lossless Cleanup in PixRinse, then review these settings against your actual destination.

Settings for this workflow
FormatKeep original
CompressionLossless
MetadataRemove sensitive metadata
Keep resultOnly when smaller
PixRinse Lossless Cleanup preset selected for lossless image processing
Settings used for this walkthrough. Select the screenshot to inspect it at full size.

How to do it

  1. Import supported image files

    Start with a small representative set. A “lossless” label should describe the actual operation on the file, not a blanket assumption about every format.

  2. Select Lossless Cleanup

    The preset keeps the original format, does not resize and removes sensitive metadata. Review whether capture dates and copyright information should be retained.

  3. Review format-specific behavior

    PNG, WebP and TIFF have supported lossless paths. JPEG and HEIC can use source-copy cleanup when the format is unchanged and no raster transform is requested.

  4. Export and inspect the result

    Review skipped files and output status. The preset keeps results only when smaller, so there may be little or no saving on already optimised sources.

THE FILES FROM THIS WALKTHROUGH

What this example produced

The JPEG remains 3072 × 2048. Removing metadata saves only 52 bytes in this sample, while its decoded pixels remain exactly equal to the source. Small savings are normal for this kind of cleanup.

Input size
930,922 bytes
Output size
930,870 bytes
Decoded pixels
Unchanged
GPS and device serial
Removed
Actual exported files
FileFormatPixelsBytes
vase-cleanup.jpgJPEG3072 × 2048930,870
Use lossless cleanup deliberately: actual exported results
Actual export results for the sample files shown in this walkthrough.

Measured on the sample files shown. Your results depend on your originals and settings. The ceramic-vase photograph is an AI-generated sample. The app screenshots and exported file measurements are real.

A couple of common questions

Does PixRinse do lossless JPEG recompression?

It does not claim coefficient-level JPEG optimisation. Eligible JPEG cleanup can copy the compressed image payload while changing the container metadata.

Why was an output skipped?

With “keep only if smaller” enabled, a larger or equal-size result may not be retained. Review the reported reason.

Put the workflow to work.

Open PixRinse, add a few images and start with the settings above.

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