WinZip® is the most trusted way to work with compressed files. No other compression utility is as easy-to-use or offers the comprehensive and productivity-enhancing approach that has made WinZip the gold standard for file-compression tools.

With the new WinZip 12, you can quickly and securely zip and unzip files to conserve storage space, speed up e-mail transmission, and reduce download times. State-of-the-art file compression, strong AES encryption, compatibility with more compression formats, and new intuitive photo compression, make WinZip 12 the complete compression and archiving solution.

Building on the favorite features of a worldwide base of several million users, WinZip 12 adds new features for image compression and management, support for new compression methods, improved compression performance, support for additional archive formats, and more. Users can work faster, smarter, and safer.
 

Key Features Std Pro
Photo Compression, Management and Sharing
Compress JPEG files by 20 to 25% with no loss in quality or data integrity
Send selected files from a Zip file to e-mail or a new Zip file
Resize zipped photos when sending to e-mail or a new Zip file without opening
Browse image thumbnails in Explorer View
Quickly transfer, automatically rotate, and compress photos from supported cameras with Zip from Camera wizard
Rotate, resize, and view full-sized images directly from a Zip file
Compression Performance and Archive Compatibility
LZMA compression
Compress JPEG files with no loss of photo quality or data integrity
Automatically use best compression method based on file type
Open and Extract 7Z, IMG, and ISO files
Open and Extract from RAR, BZ2, CAB, LHA and other archive files
Create Zip (legacy and advanced) and LHA files
Create and Read Zip files larger than 4GB
Built-in E-Mail, FTP, and CD/DVD Burning
Zip and e-mail selected files from an existing Zip file
Quickly create and send Zip files in a single click using "Zip & E-Mail"
Send new and existing Zip files as e-mail attachments 
Zip and upload to FTP selected files from an existing Zip file
Upload new and existing Zip files to FTP 
Zip and burn new and existing Zip files directly to CD and DVD
Encryption and Security
FIPS-197 Certified AES Encryption (128- and 256-Bit) 
Set password policy by controlling complexity requirements
Set or disable available encryption methods
Task Automation Capabilities
Command line support (separate download) 
Back up data automatically using predefined WinZip Jobs 
Automate routine file compression tasks by creating custom WinZip Jobs settings 
Automatically upload to FTP, or burn to disk a Zip file on WinZip Job completion 
Automatically e-mail Zip and log files on WinZip Job completion 
Schedule WinZip Jobs to run automatically 
Easy to Learn and Use
Use content-sensitive Smart View to logically display files in a Zip file
Save As, Rename, and New Folder commands
View compression savings graphically
View the encryption status of files in a compressed file
Unicode support to display international characters used in filenames in a Zip file
Choose from variety of interfaces - Wizard, Classic, or Windows Shell Integration 
Split Zip files to make large Zip files manageable and fit on removable media 
Create self-extracting archives 
Temporarily extract and cleanup Zip files
 

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