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PHP Imagick JPG compression quality 1 to 100

Comparing Imagick a PHP image plugin JPG image file compression from 1 (lowest) through to 100.

The original image was 1MB and the code used to do this test was:

readImage("ogimage.jpg");
    $im->setImageCompression(Imagick::COMPRESSION_JPEG);
    $im->setImageCompressionQuality($i);
    $im->setImageFormat("jpg");
    $im->stripImage();
    $im->writeImage("output/$i.jpg");
    $im->destroy();
    echo "$i is done
"; }

The compressed file sizes:

Imagick php jpg compression quality size

 

Quality 64 is actually when the file size starts to drop, whilst 77 through to 100 add-on size. Quality 1 through to 20 has discoloration and obvious pixels.

The original image:

Quality 64

Imagick php jpg quality 64

Quality 50

Imagick php jpg quality 50

Quality 30

Imagick php jpg quality 30

Quality 20

Imagick php jpg quality 20

Quality 1

Imagick php jpg quality 1

 

 

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