- Images are too large because they are not optimized
- Users & your bandwidth is wasted for useless metadata
- local image optimization requires tons of programs / libaries / knowledge
- LOSSLESS size reduction (10-97% size reduction) in the cloud
- optmizes all images(jpg+png+[gif]) from a given folder
install ruby + rubygems
sudo gem install httpclient
sudo gem install grosser-smusher --source http://gems.github.com/
Optimize a single image or a whole folder in the cloud.
converting gif-s to png-s:
- called with a folder gif-s will not be converted
- called on a single .gif or wildcard, image(s) will be converted if optimizeable
Usage: smusher /apps/x/public/images [options] smusher /apps/x/public/images/x.png [options] smusher /apps/x/public/images/*.png [options]
Options are: -q, --quiet no output -c, --convert-gifs convert all .gif`s in the given folder
Any image that returns a failure code, is larger than before, or is empty will not be saved.
smusher /apps/ts/public/images
smushing /apps/rs/public/images/social/facebook_icon.png
2887 -> 132 = 4%
smushing /apps/rs/public/images/social/myspace_icon.png
3136 -> 282 = 8%
smushing /apps/rs/public/images/dvd/dvd_1.png
5045 -> 4 = 0%
reverted!
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- only optimize 'new' images -> save time when doing on each deploy
- convert gifs to png, even if the new size is the same, for consistency (atm only those which get smaller are converted)
If you want to lossless reduce images and minify css + js, try reduce.
###Contributors
Michael Grosser
grosser.michael@gmail.com
Hereby placed under public domain, do what you want, just do not hold me accountable...