Image Optimization (Google App Engine with Python)

Question

I haven't found a similar question that I'm looking for Image Optimization.

I've tested how much Facebook can optimize the image uploaded:

980KB --> 77KB

846KB --> 62.1KB

From what I found out, Facebook is capable of optimizing the image up to 10 times while still pertaining some minimum image quality, as for the test above.

So, can anyone share what are the best ways that you have implemented to optimize image uploaded by user ?

When I searched in internet, I've seen some websites offer paid service for image optimization. However, we prefer not to subscribe for any paid service for image optimization at this stage.

I'm developing the project with Python language within Google App Engine environment. Any part where we can reuse from Python libraries or even Google App Engine libraries to achieve so ?

Answer 1

Probably you should star this issue to get pngcrush like functionality added to the AppEngine images API.