Converting jpg files to gif format, to conserve space

[puzzlesRus]

I have over 1000 jpg images in my webspace, which is now 85% utilised. I want to convert these images to smaller gif files, but the batch conversion software I have tried, actully increases file size!

By comparison, using MSPaint to convert files singly, reduces the file size by 50%. Clearly, I don't wish to have to process files individually, as it would take a month of sundays.

Has anyone found batch conversion software that will achieve a reasonable reduction in file size, without too much degradation ? (the images are not photographs)

[TTG]

With gifs you will lose a lot of detail. Why not experiment with the freeware graphic tool Irfanview? You can adjust the jpg quality without losing too much detail. You can also convert batches of pictures as you asked in your question.

[northernmonkey]

www.download.com
left hand side of the page is a list of software categories which can be downloaded.

Example =

Security Software
Browsers (ie8, mozzila firefox)
Communications
Ect ect

***There is software on there which can convert JPG files.

[Old_Geezer]

jpg is usually considered one of the better formats for reducing size, because it reduces the quality of the picture, throwing out what it "thinks" (or what you you set) as unnecessary detailed data.

I don't see the benefit of converting to a different format, but you could get yourself a jpeg application that allows you to set for even less detail than your files already have. (As they are not photos it may prove to be no hardship.)

Or you could go hire yourself a larger webspace :-)

[puzzlesRus]

Thanks for the replies. As I mentioned, Mspaint can convert jpg to gif, giving 50% size reduction and with minimal quality reduction. For that reason, I want to move toward gif's. I'll check-out the download.com suggestion to see if there is anything useful. At the end of the day, I may decide to get rid of the older files and create newer ones in the gif format on an ad hoc basis.