New WinZip comes with Zip Photo Compression

NEW DELHI, INDIA: WinZip Computing, a Corel company, today announced the availability of WinZip12.0, the latest version of the world’s leading compression software.

New capabilities of WinZip 12.0 include industry-first JPEG Zip compression, a complete photo management and sharing solution, improved performance and compatibility and enhanced security options, said a press release.

WinZip 12.0 makes it easier than ever to work with Zip files and other popular archive formats and adds functionality to improve performance for both home and corporate users, the release added.

"WinZip remains the most user-friendly compression tool available, and the new features in version 12.0 allow users to do much more than just compression," said Shawn Cole, Director of Product Management of WinZip Computing.

"WinZip 12.0 includes a complete photo management solution which allows users to download, rotate, zip and send JPEG files - all with WinZip. We like to call it our ‘from camera to grandma’ photo solution."

The new version enables photo and image compression without any loss of quality or integrity as well as image management and sharing. It can also create smaller Zip files through new compression algorithms and support for additional Archive formats.

The makers say it has improved user experience with various interface enhancements and refinements to help the user work smarter, faster, and safer.