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Compressing Existing JPGs

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All,

I have been auditing a customer's site that they've been left to admin for some time and they've been adding JPG's of significant size, some splash images for example are 720kb!!

I was hoping that I could use the File Manager to search for all large images (doable) and then resize/compress them using a built in tool (not-doable) and its a shame that this functionality isn't there.

Just wondering if anyone knows of a mod or customisation that I can implement where we'll have the capability to compress/optimise existing images without having to download them, optimise them manually and then reupload them?
 
WebcentricLtd replied on at Permalink Reply
I don't know if there is a C5 plug in to do this but if you are on a VPS you could use mod_pagespeed as it will compress image assets.

However, it will only help so much - if someone loads up a 10 megapixel image even dropping the jpeg quality to 50-60% isn't going to help that much, so you still do need to keep an eye on those things prior to upload no matter what.
sergeant replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks Andy - it would be a great mod to build, to add a 'Compress' button to the File Manager!
JohntheFish replied on at Permalink Reply
JohntheFish
It doesn't solve your current problem, but for the future my front end file uploader addon can be set to resize images on upload.
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/front-end-file-uploader...
sergeant replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks John, but the OOTB build can be set to compress/optimise images automatically on upload (altering a few lines in the code, but its free!). It's existing images that I need to conquer.