AlexJ Posted October 21 Posted October 21 (edited) Somehow my imageproxy folder is 12GB. What's stored in this folder i.e just jpg's? Anyway, I can trim it without impacting content? Thanks Edited October 21 by AlexJ
Solution Stuart Silvester Posted October 21 Solution Posted October 21 It will be images that are used in posts. If you remove them, the posts that use them will have broken images. shiobi and AlexJ 2
AlexJ Posted October 21 Author Posted October 21 (edited) 8 hours ago, Stuart Silvester said: It will be images that are used in posts. If you remove them, the posts that use them will have broken images. Thanks. I somehow thought this images are from image proxy services i.e. we don't need to make a call to 3rd party sites and load directly from server. It seems like i can't purge this data. Time to add more disk space. One last Q: how much image quality difference going from 85 to 80? Edited October 21 by AlexJ
Jim M Posted October 21 Posted October 21 1 minute ago, AlexJ said: I somehow thought this images are from image proxy services i.e. we don't need to make a call to 3rd party sites and load directly from server. This is an old feature of our software where external images would be saved and loaded through your server to prevent issues with HTTPS. As most of the internet uses HTTPS these days (and a few other issues), it was removed but those old topics still reference the image proxy service URL from your server so the folder needs to remain to keep those images working. AlexJ 1
AlexJ Posted October 21 Author Posted October 21 Thanks for the help @Jim M @Stuart Silvester. Can you please confirm on image quality if it's set to 80? Is their any size benefit vs quality? Thank you.
Jim M Posted October 21 Posted October 21 Just now, AlexJ said: Can you please confirm on image quality if it's set to 80? Is their any size benefit vs quality? Thank you. 80% of the image quality would be taken. There would be a reduction in size of the file and quality, depending on what that would be would depend on the size of the image. Only yourself can state if that is something you want to enable. If you're an image heavy community that depends on high quality images, maybe it's not for you. If your community's images are secondary or below to the discussion, it may be 10-20% loss in quality may be beneficial for the storage size impact.
AlexJ Posted October 21 Author Posted October 21 1 hour ago, Jim M said: here would be a reduction in size of the file and quality, depending on what that would be would depend on the size of the image. This is where I am trying to figure out. Let's take an example. I change image quality to 80% from 85%. Thtat's 5% reduction in quality but I don't know how much would be reduction in size? Ex: 5% or 10% or 30% size will be reduced? Is Quality vs Image size 1:1 or exponential? If you can help around that it would be great. Basically to save 5% space, I don't want to bother with setting. But If I can save like 30% space with just loosing 5% quality which are pre-dominant screenshots, sure, I might go for it.
Jim M Posted October 21 Posted October 21 The quality is not directly proportionate to the size. JPEG compression does not necessarily reduce the file size by exactly the inverse proportion. The actual reduction depends on several factors, such as: Image complexity: A highly detailed image may still have a large file size even with reduced quality, while a simpler image might see more significant reductions. File format: JPEG compression works by reducing quality in ways that are less perceptible to the human eye, but it’s not linear. A drop from 100% to 80% may not correspond to a 20% size reduction, it could be more or less. Initial size and quality: If the image is already optimized or has lower quality, further reductions might have less of an effect. Ultimately, I recommend testing to see what renders best for your site's uploaded images. AlexJ 1
AlexJ Posted October 21 Author Posted October 21 (edited) Thank you. Sadly, I can't make 2 answers as a solution 🙂 But I appreciate your quick notes. Edited October 21 by AlexJ
Marc Posted October 22 Posted October 22 The direct answer to yoru question of "How much difference is it going to make?" is In terms of file size. If its just a couple of images, probably not much. If its a lot, then quite a lot. Even small numbers can add up In terms of quality, thats not something anyone can tell you. Simply as its subjective. Personally I dont think 75% makes a huge difference. However I know there are some who will tell you if its on 98% and dont like it. AlexJ 1
AlexJ Posted October 22 Author Posted October 22 Thanks Mark. Out of 3 notes, I have picked one for solution since I can't mark all 3 as a solution.
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