Quick way to upload and optimise images: latest thinking?

gavnosis · 2014-05-22 09:18:56

As more and more gadgets are equipped to take higher resolution photos, I have a need for some kind of ‘optimisation’ before uploading to a Textpattern site. Until now I have usually used Fireworks (RIP) to tweak file size and dimensions before uploading.

An alternative I have suggested that users of TXP sites I’ve built use Picasa for tweaks first.

And now I’m wondering what other TXP site users do? There was a plugin lam_dynamic_image made available many years ago, but is there a current tool which can automatically tweak images to a certain maximun width or image quality?

Dare I say it, but what do WordPress users do? – in between scaring small children and worrying livestock ;-)

Many thanks

gaekwad · 2014-05-22 09:37:54

Compressor might be worth a look. I use ImageOptim on OS X.

gavnosis · 2014-05-22 10:02:47

Thank you , Compressor looks nice :-) …and then to bulk upload, do you know of best current tools? (I guess I’m looking (wishing!) for something like plupload…

gaekwad · 2014-05-22 10:09:26

Unsure about bulk uploading. Are you on OS X? I skimmed your site and picked up on a few Mac references – if so, ImageOptim is free and will chew through as big a queue as you can give it. Also, if you’re on OS X you can open a load of images in Preview, scale them all in one shot and then save. After you’ve saved, run ‘em through ImageOptim and you’ll see a difference in size.

ToK · 2014-05-23 06:57:36

I wrote a python script which is called from my image viewer on the desktop. The script resizes the image, creates thumbnail, applies filters (currently sharpen only) and uploads image and thumbnail to my site automatically via mechanize. When this process is finished, the id of the image is displayed so I can use it directly on the writers tab.

The script should be easily customizable and expandable. I’m willing to make it available to the public, but it needs some cleanup before

gavnosis · 2014-05-23 08:13:15

Thank you!

gaekwad yes, I have an OSX contraption here, but was more looking for something a client (person, using a PC) to use, ideally from with TXP (I know, I ask too much)

which brings me on to ToK’s offer of a script Python …Wouldn’t we need it in PHP to be available to TXP (as a plugin)?

I think I’ll go back and give the short answer of ‘No’ to my client ;-)

gaekwad · 2014-05-23 08:25:35

page_speed might be worth a look – that does image compression.

ToK · 2014-05-23 08:34:34

gavnosis wrote #281022:

which brings me on to ToK’s offer of a script Python …Wouldn’t we need it in PHP to be available to TXP (as a plugin)?

In this case, the upload bot is not a plugin to TXP, but to the image viewer of my desktop.

The needs of a script like this simply depend on your workflow. When I am writing a new post, I have a browser window opened with the write tab of TXP and another window of my desktops’ image viewer. I’m selecting the photos and at the same time writing my article. The script just connects these two parts; I have no need to switch to TXP’s image tab in between

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#1 2014-05-22 09:18:56

Quick way to upload and optimise images: latest thinking?

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gavnosis wrote #281022:

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