picopt
A multi-format, recursive, multiprocessor aware, command line lossless image optimizer utility that uses external tools to do the optimizing.
Picopt depends on Python PIL to identify files and Python rarfile to open CBRs.
The actual image optimization is accomplished by external programs.
To optimize JPEG images. Picopt needs one of mozjpeg, jpegrescan or jpegtran on the path. in order of preference.
To optimize lossless images like PNG, PNM, GIF, TIFF and BMP, picopt requires either optipng, advpng or pngout be on the path. Optipng provides the most advantage, but best results are acheived by using pngout as well. Advpng support is disabled by default and must be explicitly enabled on the command line.
Animated GIFs are optimized with gifsicle if it is available. Picopt nag you to convert your file to HTML5 video, but does not provide this service itself.
Picopt uncompresses, optimizes and rezips comic book archive files. Be aware that CBR rar archives will be rezipped into CBZs instead of CBR. Comic book archive optimization is not turned on by default to prevent surprises.
Picopt allows you to drop picopt timestamps at the root of your recursive optimization trees so you don't have to remember which files to optimize or when you last optimized them.
Installation
Lossless external program packages
OS X
brew install optipng mozjpeg gifsicle
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/mozjpeg/3.1/bin/jpegtran /usr/local/bin/mozjpeg
Debian / Ubuntu
apt-get install optipng gifsicle python-imaging
if you don't want to install mozjpeg using the instructions below then use jpegtran:
apt-get install libjpeg-progs
Redhat / Fedora
yum install optipng gifsicle python-imaging
if you don't want to install mozjpeg using the instructions below then use jpegtran:
yum install libjpeg-progs
MozJPEG
mozjpeg offers better compression than libjpeg-progs' jpegtran. As of Oct 2015 it may or may not be packaged for your *nix, but even when it is, picopt requires that its separately compiled version of jpegtran be symlinked to 'mozjpeg' somewhere in the path. This installation example is for OS X:
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/mozjpeg/3.1/bin/jpegtran /usr/local/bin/mozjpeg
You may find Linux instructions at Robert Walter's Blog
jpegrescan
If you can't install MozJPEG, jpegrescan is a better jpeg optimizer than jpegtran contained in libjpeg-progs, unfortunately it also remains unpackaged :(
git clone git@github.com:kud/jpegrescan.git
ln -s jpegrescan/jpegrescan /usr/local/bin/jpegrescan
pngout
pngout is a useful compression to use after optipng. It is not packaged, but you may find the latest binary version on JonoF's site
Picopt
pip install picopt
Usage
Optimize all JPEG files in a dirctory:
picopt *.jpg
Optimize all files and recurse directories:
picopt -r *
Optimize files and recurse directories AND optimize comic book archives:
picopt -rc *
Optimize files, but not lossless files:
picopt -OPG *
Optimize files, but not jpegs:
picopt -JT *
Optimize files, but not animated gifs:
picopt -G *
Just list files picopt.py would try to optimize:
picopt -l *
Optimize everything in my iPhoto library, but only after the last time i did this, skipping symlinks to avoid massive amounts of duplicate work. Don't convert lossless files to PNGs because that would confuse iPhoto. Also drop a timestamp file so I don't have to remember the last time I did this:
picopt -rSYt -D '2013 June 1 14:00' 'Pictures/iPhoto Library'
Gotchas
Picopt automatically uses timestamp files if it detects them in or above the current directory tree. A situation can arise with comic archives where the comic archive itself is newer than the timestamp file so it is processed, but the files inside the archive are older than the timestamp file so they are not. Currently the workaround is to move the comic archive outside of the current tree into a temporary directory and process it there.
Packaged For
Alternatives
imagemin looks to be an all in one cli and gui solution with bundled libraries, so no awkward dependancies. Imageoptim is an all-in-one OS X GUI image optimizer. Imageoptim command line usage is possible with an external program.