Image pre-optimization

[debonair]

I am building a web application where users can upload images. These images tend to be fairly large and I want to pre-optimize them before they are sent to the API in order to speed up the process and also to save bandwidth. I also want the add an option to sync the un optimized images as well in the background and associate them to the same record.

I therefor want to build a desktop client that a user can install that will optimize the images before posting them to the API. Any comments on this approach and what existing libraries can I take advantage of?

 

[sp4ceman]

what language? if its dotnet hanselman posted today about a dotnet image library.

he also posted yesterday about existing tools such as pnggauntlet that do what you're trying to accomplish

 

[debonair]

It would have to be .NET or C++ using Qt, I have also been looking at using node-webkit. I am primarily a web developer and I have not done any .NET development, however code is code, I am competent enough to follow a tutorial.

 

[semaphore]

you can use gulp with pre-optimization in it.

https://www.npmjs.org/package/gulp-image-optimization

 

[sp4ceman]

like i said either use an existing tool or take a look at hanselmans blog

 

[koeksGHT]

Imagemagic, basically you use terminal in PHP to copy/rename/add effects/resize offered by package using commands.

I built it to scrape and cache images, 20gb and counting...

 

[CheekyC]

if .net, then you use AForge