Easy Ways to Reduce Image Size in Ubuntu Using Nautilus Script Reduce Images
There are many ways you can do to reduce the image file size on Linux. You can use common image manipulation applications such as GIMP, or photo manager applications such as Gthumb and others, you can even reduce the size of an image via command line on Linux.
In addition to the methods above, there is actually an easier way that you can do to reduce the image file size on Linux. If you use file browser Nautilus, you can use a Nautilus script which is used to reduce the image size.
Nautilus is file browser or file explorer which is widely used in Linux distributions with the GNOME desktop environment. In addition to GNOME, Nautilus is also used in other desktop environments such as Unity or others.
By using Nautilus script With this you can easily change and reduce the size of an image just by right-clicking on the image file from file explorer Nautilus direct.
This Nautilus script is named Reduce Images.
Using Reduce Images, you can also add a background color in PNG format image files that have background transparent, convert images from PNG to JPG, resize the width and length of the image, reduce the image quality and rewrite the image.
How to Install Nautilus Script Reduce Images on Ubuntu
To install Reduce Images on your computer using the Ubuntu distribution or its derivatives, you can do it through the PPA repository. PPA repository it works on Ubuntu 16.04 onwards.
Open Terminal on your computer by pressing the keyboard combination CTRL + ALT + T or open Terminal via the application menu. Then add the PPA repository from Reduce Images by entering the following command in Terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/nautilus-extensions
Then do updates to update the list repository and register package file by entering the following command in Terminal:
sudo apt-get update
After successfully doing updatesyou can install Nautilus script Reduce Images by entering the following command in Terminal:
sudo apt install nautilus-reduceimages
Wait for the installation process to complete. When the installation process is complete, restart first, so that the newly installed Reduce Images can run, you can reload Nautilus by entering the following command in Terminal:
sudo nautilus -q
Then reopen Nautilus, the newly installed Reduce Images will be installed in Nautilus and ready to be used to reduce the size of your image file.
How to Use Nautilus Script Reduce Images to Reduce Image Size
To start using it, right-click on the image file you want to reduce in size, then a menu will appear pop-ups, on the choices of pop-up select “Reduce Images” as shown in the image below:
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| Nautilus Script Reduce Images Option |
In the Reduce Images option there are 3 more options that you can choose from, the first option is called “Reduce Image” which serves to reduce the size of the image directly, using settings default or settings previously.
While the second option is “Configurate” which serves to adjust how exactly the image file settings will be reduced in size. You can change this setting according to what you want.
