pyjpegoptim 0.1.1

a utility for optimizing JPEG files

What is PyJpegOptim?

PyJpegOptim is a utility for optimizing JPEG files. It provides lossless optimization (based on optimizing the Huffman tables) and “lossy” optimization based on setting a maximum quality factor.

Installation

You need to install libjpeg first, To install JpegOptim:

Debian:

apt-get install libjpeg-dev -y

FreeBSD:

cd /usr/ports/graphics/jpeg
make install clean

To install PyJpegOptim:

pip install pyjpegoptim

How to use it?

Following is a simple example:

# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
from pyjpegoptim import JpegOptim
t = JpegOptim('/tmp/test.jpg', quality=80)
t.save('/tmp/test_optim.jpg')
t.close()