Image File Size Reduction

[Ray]

Richard,

After considering both Image Magick and SIPS for the Mac side of things 
(even though Image Magick has command prompt for Mac) I've ended up 
working within Livecode as you've suggested.  It's going well.  Thanks!  
I'll post something tomorrow and let you know how it goes altering the 
color depth.

Ray

On 8/6/2014 9:52 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Ray wrote:
>
> > Does anybody know of a way to reduce an image's disk size from within
> > Livecode?
> >
> > Specifically, I'd like to be able to:
> >     1)  change the file from PNG to JPEG
>
>  import PNG; export as JPEG
>
>
> >     2)  change the color depth for PNG's to 8 bit
>
>   "export <target> as raw..." might help, maybe even "export with 
> palette..." (filter the Dictionary for "export" to see the new options)
>
> But AFAIK JPEG is always full color anyway, so the biggest reduction 
> in size is likely to come from setting the JPEGQuality global property 
> before exporting in that format.
>
>
> >     3)  change the dimensions
>
>   set the rect...
>
>
>
> > Regarding the last of these I know you can set it up and take a
> > snapshot but I was kind of looking for a way to do all three of
> > these without a lot of fussing around.
>
> Any such transformations will involve some fussing around, but it's 
> often more fun to fuss around in LiveCode than anything else. :)
>