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[#]: subject: "Compress Images in Linux Easily With Curtail GUI App"
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[#]: via: "https://itsfoss.com/curtail-image-compress/"
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[#]: author: "Abhishek Prakash https://itsfoss.com/author/abhishek/"
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[#]: collector: "lkxed"
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[#]: translator: "geekpi"
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Compress Images in Linux Easily With Curtail GUI App
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Got a bunch of images with huge file sizes taking too much disk space? Or perhaps you have to upload an image to a web portal that has file size restrictions?
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There could be a number of reasons why you would want to compress images. There are tons of tools to help you with it and I am not talking about the command line ones here.
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You can use a full-fledged image editor like GIMP. You may also use web tools like [Squoosh][1], an open source project from Google. It even lets you compare the files for each compression level.
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However, all these tools work on individual images. What if you want to bulk compress photos? Curtail is an app that saves your day.
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### Curtail: Nifty tool for image compression in Linux
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Built with Python and GTK3, Curtail is a simple GUI app that uses open source libraries like OptiPNG, [jpegoptim][2], etc to provide the image compression feature.
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It is available as a [Flatpak application][3]. Please make sure that you have [Flatpak support enabled on your system][4].
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Add the Flathub repo first:
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```
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flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
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```
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And then use the command below to install Curtail:
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```
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flatpak install flathub com.github.huluti.Curtail
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```
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Once installed, look for it in your Linux system’s menu and start it from there.
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![curtail app][5]
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The interface is plain and simple. You can choose whether you want a lossless or lossy compression.
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The lossy compression will have poor-quality images but with a smaller size. The lossless compression will have better quality but the size may not be much smaller than the original.
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![curtail app interface][6]
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You can either browse for images or drag and drop them into the application.
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Yes. You can compress multiple images in one click with Curtail.
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In fact, you don’t even need a click. As soon as you select the images or drop them, they are compressed and you see a summary of the compression process.
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![curtail image compression summary][7]
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As you can see in the image above, I got a 35% size reduction for one image and 3 and 8 percent for the other two. This was with lossless compression.
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The images are saved with a -min suffix (by default), in the same directory as the original image.
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Though it looks minimalist, there are a few options to configure Curtail. Click on the hamburger menu and you are presented with a few settings options.
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![curtail configuration options][8]
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You can select whether you want to save the compressed file as new or replace the existing one. If you go for a new file (default behavior), you can also provide a different suffix for the compressed images. The option to keep the file attributes is also there.
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In the next tab, you can configure the settings for lossy compression. By default, the compression level is at 90%.
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![curtail compression options][9]
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The Advanced tab gives you the option to configure the lossless compression level for PNG and WebP files.
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![curtain advanced options][10]
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### Conclusion
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As I stated earlier, it’s not a groundbreaking tool. You can do the same with other tools like GIMP. It just makes the task of image compression simpler, especially for bulk image compression.
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I would love to see the option to [convert the image file formats][11] with the compression like what we have in tools like Converseen.
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Overall, a good little utility for the specific purpose of image compression.
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via: https://itsfoss.com/curtail-image-compress/
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作者：[Abhishek Prakash][a]
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选题：[lkxed][b]
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID)
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[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/abhishek/
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[b]: https://github.com/lkxed
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[1]: https://squoosh.app/
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[2]: https://github.com/tjko/jpegoptim
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[3]: https://itsfoss.com/what-is-flatpak/
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[4]: https://itsfoss.com/flatpak-guide/
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[5]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/curtail-app.png
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[6]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/curtail-app-interface.png
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[7]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/curtail-image-compression-summary.png
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[8]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/curtail-configuration-options.png
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[9]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/curtail-compression-options.png
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[10]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/curtain-advanced-options.png
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[11]: https://itsfoss.com/converseen/
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