We do have an image optimizer service available at https://stackideas.com/dashboard/optimizer but it's primary purpose is not to resize the dimensions of an image. It's purpose is to compress images so that the sizes are smaller than usual

We do have an image optimizer service available at https://stackideas.com/dashboard/optimizer but it's primary purpose is not to resize the dimensions of an image. It's purpose is to compress images so that the sizes are smaller than usual

Hi Mark...
That’s it! I was pretty sure you told me about this before, but my searches could not find it in my tickets. Optimizer... that was the key word!
Questions...

1) so if I wanted to limit the size of a file (not dimensions) to 5Mb and instead of a member simply being told their file was too big at 8Mb or 24Mb, the optimizer would downsize it to 5Mb automatically?

2) does this work with jpg, png, tiff... pdf? Any others?

3) what sort of lag might we expect for the process?

4) are only the optimized files kept on site? (Hopefully, otherwise keeping the original too would really fill up the site in no time)

5) the process does not harm the members original in any way?

Thanks again Mark

Thanks for getting back to me Dan, please find my response below:

1) so if I wanted to limit the size of a file (not dimensions) to 5Mb and instead of a member simply being told their file was too big at 8Mb or 24Mb, the optimizer would downsize it to 5Mb automatically?

No, the optimizer only compresses as much as possible from the original image source. There is no way to intelligently resize an image to a certain size that you want.

2) does this work with jpg, png, tiff... pdf? Any others?

It only works with images (jpg, png)

3) what sort of lag might we expect for the process?

It really shouldn't have that much of a latency if your server's connection is fast. The cheapest plan is only $5.99 / month. Maybe you could try the speed out?

4) are only the optimized files kept on site? (Hopefully, otherwise keeping the original too would really fill up the site in no time)

Yes, the original copy that they sent will be replaced with the optimized copy.

5) the process does not harm the members original in any way?

Yep, that is correct.

Thanks Mark
Sounds like the optimizer could work well for us.

Is there a way to limit Members to posting photos not in jpg or png format? I thought I saw somewhere in the settings a long list of all the file formats but wasn’t sure if that’s where I could do that or not?

Hello Dan,

Hm, there are no settings for the extensions currently. Both png and jpg are allowed as long as they are allowed to upload photos