It seems that even though there were replies to my last submission. They did not directly address my issue, so I am reposting here to hope for a specific answer to my question.

Does anyone know how to reduce the image file size using image magick. It seems when I use the Scale method the dimensions are reduced but the file size does not get reduced enough. For instance, a 400k image is only reduced to 160k which is not acceptable for web download. I have tried using the Sample method but do not see any difference when compared to the Scale method. I would like to take a 400k+ image and resample to 35 to 40k. The image is JPG format. Below is a snippet of how I am trying to sample: 

$imgfile = "photo.jpg";
$geometry = ($newwidth x $newheight);
$im->Sample(geometry => $geometry);
$im->Write("JPG:../images/$imgfile");

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Thank you for your input.

David K.

In reply to Image Magick - Sample vs. Scale by db2admin

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