https://blog.nath.page/tags/linux/ Recent content in Linux on blog.nath.page Hugo en-us Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.nath.page/posts/imagemagick/ Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.nath.page/posts/imagemagick/ <p>Just found out about this neat tool called <code>imagemagick</code>. I’m using it to compress jpg images small webp images for use on this blog.</p> <p>Install it (in arch-based linux) using this command.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo pacman -S imagemagick </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Then run</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>magick image.jpg -resize 1600x -quality <span style="color:#ae81ff">75</span> image.webp </span></span></code></pre></div><p>to create a compressed version of the image. Here the max pixel width is set at 1600 px, and the quality is at 75 (moderate compression).</p>