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Can anybody recommend a good method of bulk converting a large amount of PNG-24 files to PNG-8 with as little loss of quality as possible and maintaining transparency?

I've tried ImageMagick but the resulting images weren't quite as crisp quality as I'd like. Using Paint.NET I was able to achieve far better results, but I can't bulk process with this tool as far as I know.

The settings I used with ImageMagick in case there's better options to use: convert file.png -depth 4 file-output.png

I've also been playing with OptiPNG, but I haven't discovered a was of making sure the output images are PNG-8.

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GIMP does good job optimizing reduced palettes. It has --batch mode and can be scripted. Also has multiple bindings, so you can write for example GIMP script in Python.

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Thanks vartec - while I was researching how to script GIMP I came across this cool tool as it was mentioned as a plug-in for GIMP (but runs stand-alone) - RIOT – Gavin Feb 17 '11 at 20:48
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I came across this great tool in my search - RIOT - Radical Image Optimization Tool

Does everything I require and lets you see side-by-side comparison of before and after sample image before you do the batch process.

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