RIOT plugin can be used to provide an image saving method for your applications especially when this feature would be a nice extra, and you prefer to use a third party component for that rather than program it from scratch.

Even if RIOT is available as a plug-in for other programs like IrfanView or GIMP, RIOT itself can be extended with plug-ins to enhance its functionality.

The Radical Image Optimization Tool (RIOT for short) was developed to be a free image optimizer that will let you adjust compression parameters visually while keeping minimum filesize.

Possible uses of the RIOT plugin:

an image viewer that wants to add the Save for web feature or compress to size

a graphic editing program or a photo editor that wants to add the Save for web feature or compress to size

a computer program that is not mainly intended to process images but lets user export the results as images

a web application might need Compress to size to limit the filesize of uploaded images. An interface to use the DLL in a web application is needed for this.