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Optimize Images

Fabio Spampinato

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Optimize one or all the images in your project using your favorite app.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Optimize Images

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Optimize one or all the images in your project using your favorite app.

Install

Follow the instructions in the Marketplace, or run the following in the command palette:

ext install fabiospampinato.vscode-optimize-images

Usage

It adds 1 command to the command palette:

Optimize Images: Optimize All // Optimize all images found in the current project

You can also right click a single image and only optimize that one.

Settings

{
  "optimizeImages.app": "", // Name of the app to use for optimizating the images
  "optimizeImages.appOptions": [], // An array of options to be passed to the app on execution. You can use the array item "[filepath]" as a placeholder for the filepath to the currently processed file
  "optimizeImages.imageRegex": ".*\\.(png|gif|jpe?g)$", // Regex used for matching images. Requires double escaping
  "optimizeImages.searchDepth": 10, // Maximum depth to look at when searching images
  "optimizeImages.searchStartingPath": ".", // Path relative to the root where to start searching images
  "optimizeImages.searchIgnoreFolders": [".git", ...] // Ignore these folders when searching images
}

Recommended Apps

Mac

  • ImageOptim: Removes bloated metadata. Saves disk space & bandwidth by compressing images without losing quality.

Windows

  • IOptimizer: Both lossless and lossy PNG, JPG and GIF image optimizer. Usage instructions included in its readme.

Linux

  • Trimage: Lossless PNG and JPG image optimizer. Images are compressed on the highest available compression levels, and EXIF and other metadata is removed.

Demo

Demo

Contributing

If you found a problem, or have a feature request, please open an issue about it.

If you want to make a pull request you can debug the extension using Debug Launcher.

License

Icon: GPL v2 © ImageOptim

Extension: MIT © Fabio Spampinato

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