How can I optimize images uploaded using Paperclip & Rails?

Question

Does anyone know how to optimize image size through paperclip?

In my Graphic model I have the following:

has_attached_file :graphic, 
                    :styles => {
                      :home       => ['120x90',:jpg],
                      :thumb      => ['70x70',:jpg]
                    }

By optimize I mean, reduce the filesize of each of :home & :thumb graphics once paperclip creates them, Google's speed test tells me that I should be able to reduce these by 70 - 90%.

I think I can do this by creating a perclip processor, but not really sure where to start.

Kind of stumped on this one, any help / hints much appreciated!

(Rails 2.3)

Answer 1

There's a gem that allows you to do this easily with Paperclip:

https://github.com/janfoeh/paperclip-optimizer