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**resmush** is a **R** package that allow users to optimize and compress images
using [**reSmush.it**](https://resmush.it/). reSmush.it is a free API that
provides image optimization, and it has been implemented on Wordpress, Drupal or
Magento.

Some of the features of **reSmush.it** are:

-   Free optimization services, no API key required.
-   Optimize local and online images.
-   Image files supported: `png`, `jpg/jpeg`, `gif`, `bmp`, `tiff`.
-   Max image size: 5 Mb.
-   Compression via several algorithms:
    -   [**PNGQuant**](https://pngquant.org/): Strip unneeded chunks from
        `png`s, preserving a full alpha transparency.
    -   [**JPEGOptim**](https://github.com/tjko/jpegoptim)**:** Lossless
        optimization based on optimizing the Huffman tables.
    -   [**OptiPNG**](https://optipng.sourceforge.net/): `png` reducer that is
        used by several online optimizers.

## Example

Compressing an online `jpg` image:


``` r
library(resmush)

url <- paste0(
  "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dieghernan/",
  "resmush/main/img/jpg_example_original.jpg"
)

resmush_url(url, outfile = "jpg_example_compress.jpg", overwrite = TRUE)
#> ══ resmush summary ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
#> ℹ Input: 1 url with size 178.7 Kb
#> ✔ Success for 1 url: Size now is 45 Kb (was 178.7 Kb). Saved 133.7 Kb (74.82%).
#> See result in directory '.'.
```

::: figure
[![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dieghernan/resmush/main/img/jpg_example_original.jpg){alt="Original uncompressed file"
width="100%"}](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dieghernan/resmush/main/img/jpg_example_original.jpg)

[![](jpg_example_compress.jpg){alt="Optimized file"
width="100%"}](https://dieghernan.github.io/resmush/reference/figures/jpg_example_compress.jpg)

<p class="caption">

Original picture (top) 178.7 Kb and optimized picture (bottom) 45 Kb
(Compression 74.8%). Click to enlarge.

</p>
:::

The quality of the compression can be adjusted in the case of `jpg` files using
the parameter `qlty`. However, it is recommended to keep this value above 90 to
get a good image quality.


``` r
# Extreme case
resmush_url(url,
  outfile = "jpg_example_compress_low.jpg",
  overwrite = TRUE, qlty = 3
)
#> ══ resmush summary ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
#> ℹ Input: 1 url with size 178.7 Kb
#> ✔ Success for 1 url: Size now is 2.2 Kb (was 178.7 Kb). Saved 176.4 Kb (98.74%).
#> See result in directory '.'.
```

::: figure
[![Low quality
figure](jpg_example_compress_low.jpg){width="100%"}](https://dieghernan.github.io/resmush/reference/figures/jpg_example_compress_low.jpg)

<p class="caption">

Low quality image due to a high compression rate.

</p>
:::

All the functions return invisibly a data set with a summary of the process. The
next example shows how when compressing a local file.


``` r
png_file <- system.file("extimg/example.png", package = "resmush")

# For the example, copy to a temporary file
tmp_png <- tempfile(fileext = ".png")
file.copy(png_file, tmp_png, overwrite = TRUE)
#> [1] TRUE


summary <- resmush_file(tmp_png)

tibble::as_tibble(summary[, -c(1, 2)])
#> # A tibble: 1 × 6
#>   src_size dest_size compress_ratio notes src_bytes dest_bytes
#>   <chr>    <chr>     <chr>          <chr>     <dbl>      <dbl>
#> 1 239.9 Kb 70.7 Kb   70.54%         OK       245618      72356
```

## Other alternatives

There are other alternatives for optimizing images with **R**:

-   **xfun** [@xfun], which includes the following functions for optimizing
    image files:
    -   `xfun::tinify()` is similar to `resmush_file()` but uses
        [**TinyPNG**](https://tinypng.com/). An API key is required.
    -   `xfun::optipng()` compresses local files with **OptiPNG** (which needs
        to be installed locally).
-   [**tinieR**](https://jmablog.github.io/tinieR/) package by
    [jmablog](https://jmablog.com/). An **R** package that provides a full
    interface with [**TinyPNG**](https://tinypng.com/).
-   [**optout**](https://github.com/coolbutuseless/optout) package by
    [\@coolbutuseless](https://coolbutuseless.github.io/). Similar to
    `xfun::optipng()` with more options. Requires additional software to be
    installed locally.

| tool              | CRAN | Additional software? | Online? | API Key? | Limits?                     |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
| `xfun::tinify()`  | Yes  | No                   | Yes     | Yes      | 500 files/month (Free tier) |
| `xfun::optipng()` | Yes  | Yes                  | No      | No       | No                          |
| **tinieR**        | No   | No                   | Yes     | Yes      | 500 files/month (Free tier) |
| **optout**        | No   | Yes                  | No      | No       | No                          |
| **resmush**       | Yes  | No                   | Yes     | No       | Max size 5Mb                |

: Table 1: **R** packages: Comparison of alternatives for optimizing images.

| tool              | png | jpg | gif | bmp | tiff | webp | pdf |
|-------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|------|------|-----|
| `xfun::tinify()`  | ✅  | ✅  | ❌  | ❌  | ❌   | ✅   | ❌  |
| `xfun::optipng()` | ✅  | ❌  | ❌  | ❌  | ❌   | ❌   | ❌  |
| **tinieR**        | ✅  | ✅  | ❌  | ❌  | ❌   | ✅   | ❌  |
| **optout**        | ✅  | ✅  | ❌  | ❌  | ❌   | ❌   | ✅  |
| **resmush**       | ✅  | ✅  | ✅  | ✅  | ✅   | ❌   | ❌  |

: Table 2: **R** packages: Formats admitted.

## References