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-Trimage image compressor
-A cross-platform tool for optimizing PNG and JPG files.
-
-Trimage is a cross-platform GUI and command-line interface to optimize image
-files via "optipng":http://optipng.sourceforge.net/,
-"advpng":http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/comp-readme.html and
-"jpegoptim":http://www.kokkonen.net/tjko/projects.html, depending on the
-filetype (currently, PNG and JPG files are supported). It was inspired by
-"imageoptim":http://imageoptim.pornel.net/. All image files are losslessly
-compressed on the highest available compression levels. Trimage gives you
-various input functions to fit your own workflow: A regular file dialog,
-dragging and dropping and various command line options.
-
-Visit "Trimage.org":http://trimage.org for more information
-
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+# Trimage image compressor
+A cross-platform tool for optimizing PNG and JPG files.
+
+Trimage is a cross-platform GUI and command-line interface to optimize image files via [optipng](http://optipng.sourceforge.net), [advpng](http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/comp-readme.html) and [jpegoptim](http://www.kokkonen.net/tjko/projects.html), depending on the
+filetype (currently, PNG and JPG files are supported).
+It was inspired by
+[imageoptim](http://imageoptim.pornel.net).
+
+All image files are losslessly
+compressed on the highest available compression levels. Trimage gives you
+various input functions to fit your own workflow: a regular file dialog,
+dragging and dropping and various command line options.
+
+Visit [Trimage.org](http://trimage.org) for more information.