Compress UIImage by reducing bits per pixel in Swift [duplicate]
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I'm trying to obtain a PNG image with a resolution 512px x 512px smaller than 100 kB.
At the moment the files are around 350 kB. I'm trying to reduce the file size and a way I was thinking is to reduce the Color-depth.
This is the information of the PNG images:
bits per component -> 8
bits per pixel -> 32
I wrote some code to create the CGContext with a different bits per Pixel, but I don't think that's the write way.
I don't want to use the UIImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: CGFloat) since I need to maintain the alpha channel.
I already found some code in Objective-C but that didn't help.
I'm looking for a solution in Swift
swift uiimage compression png
asked Nov 13 '18 at 19:57
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Convert an image to a 16bit color image
1 answer
I'm trying to obtain a PNG image with a resolution 512px x 512px smaller than 100 kB.
At the moment the files are around 350 kB. I'm trying to reduce the file size and a way I was thinking is to reduce the Color-depth.
This is the information of the PNG images:
bits per component -> 8
bits per pixel -> 32
I wrote some code to create the CGContext with a different bits per Pixel, but I don't think that's the write way.
I don't want to use the UIImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: CGFloat) since I need to maintain the alpha channel.
I already found some code in Objective-C but that didn't help.
I'm looking for a solution in Swift
swift uiimage compression png
asked Nov 13 '18 at 19:57
Danny182Danny182
1,0221219
marked as duplicate by Cristik, Billal Begueradj, stealthyninja, Gerhard Barnard, EdChum Nov 14 '18 at 8:35
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no. They are all using UIImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: CGFloat) , I need the alpha channel.
– Danny182
Nov 13 '18 at 21:50
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Convert an image to a 16bit color image
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I'm trying to obtain a PNG image with a resolution 512px x 512px smaller than 100 kB.
At the moment the files are around 350 kB. I'm trying to reduce the file size and a way I was thinking is to reduce the Color-depth.
This is the information of the PNG images:
bits per component -> 8
bits per pixel -> 32
I wrote some code to create the CGContext with a different bits per Pixel, but I don't think that's the write way.
I don't want to use the UIImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: CGFloat) since I need to maintain the alpha channel.
I already found some code in Objective-C but that didn't help.
I'm looking for a solution in Swift
swift uiimage compression png
asked Nov 13 '18 at 19:57
Danny182Danny182
1,0221219
This question already has an answer here:
Convert an image to a 16bit color image
1 answer
I'm trying to obtain a PNG image with a resolution 512px x 512px smaller than 100 kB.
At the moment the files are around 350 kB. I'm trying to reduce the file size and a way I was thinking is to reduce the Color-depth.
This is the information of the PNG images:
bits per component -> 8
bits per pixel -> 32
I wrote some code to create the CGContext with a different bits per Pixel, but I don't think that's the write way.
I don't want to use the UIImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: CGFloat) since I need to maintain the alpha channel.
I already found some code in Objective-C but that didn't help.
I'm looking for a solution in Swift
This question already has an answer here:
Convert an image to a 16bit color image
1 answer
swift uiimage compression png
swift uiimage compression png
asked Nov 13 '18 at 19:57
Danny182Danny182
1,0221219
asked Nov 13 '18 at 19:57
Danny182Danny182
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edited Nov 14 '18 at 10:10
Danny182
asked Nov 13 '18 at 19:57
Danny182Danny182
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asked Nov 13 '18 at 19:57
Danny182Danny182
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asked Nov 13 '18 at 19:57
Danny182Danny182
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marked as duplicate by Cristik, Billal Begueradj, stealthyninja, Gerhard Barnard, EdChum Nov 14 '18 at 8:35
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no. They are all using UIImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: CGFloat) , I need the alpha channel.
– Danny182
Nov 13 '18 at 21:50
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no. They are all using UIImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: CGFloat) , I need the alpha channel.
– Danny182
Nov 13 '18 at 21:50
no. They are all using UIImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: CGFloat) , I need the alpha channel.
– Danny182
Nov 13 '18 at 21:50
no. They are all using UIImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: CGFloat) , I need the alpha channel.
– Danny182
Nov 13 '18 at 21:50
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You would need to decimate the original image somehow, e.g. zeroing some number of the least significant bits or reducing the resolution. However that completely defeats the purpose of using PNG in the first place, which is intended for lossless image compression.
If you want lossy image compression, where decimation followed by PNG is one approach, then you should instead use JPEG, which makes much more efficient use of the bits to reproduce a psycho-visually highly similar image. More efficient than anything you or I might come up with as a lossy pre-processing step to PNG.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 3:19
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I need the alpha channel so I can’t use jpeg. I can’t change the resolution (need 512 x 512) so I’m looking for a way to reduce the bit depth in swift (that was the question).
– Danny182
Nov 14 '18 at 7:11
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You would need to decimate the original image somehow, e.g. zeroing some number of the least significant bits or reducing the resolution. However that completely defeats the purpose of using PNG in the first place, which is intended for lossless image compression.
If you want lossy image compression, where decimation followed by PNG is one approach, then you should instead use JPEG, which makes much more efficient use of the bits to reproduce a psycho-visually highly similar image. More efficient than anything you or I might come up with as a lossy pre-processing step to PNG.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 3:19
Mark AdlerMark Adler
57.6k763111
I need the alpha channel so I can’t use jpeg. I can’t change the resolution (need 512 x 512) so I’m looking for a way to reduce the bit depth in swift (that was the question).
– Danny182
Nov 14 '18 at 7:11
add a comment |
You would need to decimate the original image somehow, e.g. zeroing some number of the least significant bits or reducing the resolution. However that completely defeats the purpose of using PNG in the first place, which is intended for lossless image compression.
If you want lossy image compression, where decimation followed by PNG is one approach, then you should instead use JPEG, which makes much more efficient use of the bits to reproduce a psycho-visually highly similar image. More efficient than anything you or I might come up with as a lossy pre-processing step to PNG.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 3:19
Mark AdlerMark Adler
57.6k763111
I need the alpha channel so I can’t use jpeg. I can’t change the resolution (need 512 x 512) so I’m looking for a way to reduce the bit depth in swift (that was the question).
– Danny182
Nov 14 '18 at 7:11
add a comment |
You would need to decimate the original image somehow, e.g. zeroing some number of the least significant bits or reducing the resolution. However that completely defeats the purpose of using PNG in the first place, which is intended for lossless image compression.
If you want lossy image compression, where decimation followed by PNG is one approach, then you should instead use JPEG, which makes much more efficient use of the bits to reproduce a psycho-visually highly similar image. More efficient than anything you or I might come up with as a lossy pre-processing step to PNG.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 3:19
Mark AdlerMark Adler
57.6k763111
You would need to decimate the original image somehow, e.g. zeroing some number of the least significant bits or reducing the resolution. However that completely defeats the purpose of using PNG in the first place, which is intended for lossless image compression.
If you want lossy image compression, where decimation followed by PNG is one approach, then you should instead use JPEG, which makes much more efficient use of the bits to reproduce a psycho-visually highly similar image. More efficient than anything you or I might come up with as a lossy pre-processing step to PNG.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 3:19
Mark AdlerMark Adler
57.6k763111
answered Nov 14 '18 at 3:19
Mark AdlerMark Adler
57.6k763111
answered Nov 14 '18 at 3:19
Mark AdlerMark Adler
57.6k763111
answered Nov 14 '18 at 3:19
Mark AdlerMark Adler
57.6k763111
57.6k763111
I need the alpha channel so I can’t use jpeg. I can’t change the resolution (need 512 x 512) so I’m looking for a way to reduce the bit depth in swift (that was the question).
– Danny182
Nov 14 '18 at 7:11
add a comment |
I need the alpha channel so I can’t use jpeg. I can’t change the resolution (need 512 x 512) so I’m looking for a way to reduce the bit depth in swift (that was the question).
– Danny182
Nov 14 '18 at 7:11
I need the alpha channel so I can’t use jpeg. I can’t change the resolution (need 512 x 512) so I’m looking for a way to reduce the bit depth in swift (that was the question).
– Danny182
Nov 14 '18 at 7:11
I need the alpha channel so I can’t use jpeg. I can’t change the resolution (need 512 x 512) so I’m looking for a way to reduce the bit depth in swift (that was the question).
– Danny182
Nov 14 '18 at 7:11
add a comment |
no. They are all using UIImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: CGFloat) , I need the alpha channel.
– Danny182
Nov 13 '18 at 21:50