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Using resmush

resmush is a R package that allow users to optimize and compress images using reSmush.it. reSmush.it is a free API that provides image optimization, and it has been implemented on Wordpress, Drupal or Magento.

Some of the features of reSmush.it are:

Example

Compressing an online jpg image:

library(resmush)

url <- paste0(
  "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dieghernan/",
  "resmush/main/img/jpg_example_original.jpg"
)

resmush_url(url, outfile = "jpg_example_compress.jpg", overwrite = TRUE)
#> ══ resmush summary ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
#> ℹ Input: 1 url with size 178.7 Kb
#> ✔ Success for 1 url: Size now is 45 Kb (was 178.7 Kb). Saved 133.7 Kb (74.82%).
#> See result in directory '.'.

Original online figure Optimized figure

Original picture (top) 178.7 Kb and optimized picture (bottom) 45 Kb (Compression 74.8%)

The quality of the compression can be adjusted in the case of jpg files using the parameter qlty. However, it is recommended to keep this value above 90 to get a good image quality.

# Extreme case
resmush_url(url,
  outfile = "jpg_example_compress_low.jpg",
  overwrite = TRUE, qlty = 3
)
#> ══ resmush summary ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
#> ℹ Input: 1 url with size 178.7 Kb
#> ✔ Success for 1 url: Size now is 2.2 Kb (was 178.7 Kb). Saved 176.4 Kb (98.74%).
#> See result in directory '.'.

Low quality figure

Low quality image due to a high compression rate.

All the functions return invisibly a data set with a summary of the process. The next example shows how when compressing a local file.

png_file <- system.file("extimg/example.png", package = "resmush")

# For the example, copy to a temporary file
tmp_png <- tempfile(fileext = ".png")
file.copy(png_file, tmp_png, overwrite = TRUE)
#> [1] TRUE


summary <- resmush_file(tmp_png)

tibble::as_tibble(summary[, -c(1, 2)])
#> # A tibble: 1 × 6
#>   src_size dest_size compress_ratio notes src_bytes dest_bytes
#>   <chr>    <chr>     <chr>          <chr>     <dbl>      <dbl>
#> 1 239.9 Kb 70.7 Kb   70.54%         OK       245618      72356

Other alternatives

These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.