How to do Image Compression Under Linux

December 05, 2020

Effects

3.4M -> 490KB without human notice changes to the picture

Requires

sudo apt -y install imagemagick

Script

from auto_everything.base import Python, Terminal
py = Python()
t = Terminal()

class Tools():
    def compress(self, image):
        t.run(f"""
convert {image} -sampling-factor 4:2:0 -strip -quality 85 -adaptive-resize 60% -interlace JPEG -colorspace RGB compressed_{image}
        """) 

py.fire(Tools)
py.make_it_global_runnable(executable_name="Tools")

Use it

Tools compress image.jpg