How to reduce the image file size using PIL

Question

I am using PIL to resize the images there by converting larger images to smaller ones. Are there any standard ways to reduce the file size of the image without losing the qu

Answer 1

lets say you have a model called Book and on it a field called 'cover_pic', in that case, you can do the following to compress the image:

from PIL import Image
b = Book.objects.get(title='Into the wild')
image = Image.open(b.cover_pic.path)
image.save(b.image.path,quality=20,optimize=True)

hope it helps to anyone stumbling upon it.