multi file select

[benjaminhoffman]

amazing! i just googled for alfred imageoptim and found this. i found a bunch of others and curious why'd you build this over the others that already exist?

anyway... is it possible to process a number of images at once? with alfred i can select a few images via file buffer (https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/file-search/#file-buffer) but would be great to then shrink them as well.

ty!

[AlexanderWillner]

Thanks, didn't use Alfred File Buffers in the past. Does version 1.2.0 work for you? The keyword is imageoptim followed by your search query. Then fill the buffer accordingly and press enter.

[benjaminhoffman]

Interesting. That's not my current flow (and imageoptim keyword didn't work for me -- but that may be a function of my setup since I'm new and struggling to get some setting configured)

What I do is:

• locate the file
• option + ->
• search image...
• click enter

then it processes the file.

I'm looking for a solution that can process multiple images at once.

More importantly, I want a workflow that will auto process each time a take a screenshot since I do that manually now.

i don't suppose either of those functions exist with your current solution and/or are easy to add? I found a few other imageoptim solutions but yours looked the most up to date and simplest so started here.

[benjaminhoffman]

@AlexanderWillner ah yes, i see that to make this work i needed to re-download the workflow. the keyword now is activated.

one issue though -- after selecting all the images, what do i do next? it appears pressing enter doesnt give me the results i'd expect -- can you add a step by step to the README. from what i can tell, it only processes the first image? im not sure 🤷

[AlexanderWillner]

Will update the README - this is how I change multiple files at once:

• Option 1: open Finder, select a folder, press ⌘ + ⌃ + Y (shortcut for Universal Action, typing "opt", select Optimize Images
• Option 2: open Finder, select a couple of images, press ⌘ + ⌃ + Y (shortcut for Universal Action, typing "opt", select Optimize Images
• Option 3: invoke Alfred, type imageoptim png, select multiple files using ⌥ + Arrow up, press enter

[AlexanderWillner]

@benjaminhoffman does this work for you? btw: updated to version 1.3

[benjaminhoffman]

As a new Alfred user, I'm struggling to get it work but it I think it's user error. I'm going to continue to play with it. Ideally, one day, I'd like to get a workflow that auto processes screenshots, uploads them, and add them to my clipboard.

Thanks for the workflow @AlexanderWillner ! feel free to close this issue.

[AlexanderWillner]

• Using Alfred: I think this it is nice to see that everyone is using Alfred in a different way (I've updated the README to reflect the two ways how a user can invoke this workflow)
• Auto processing screenshots: I thinks this is what @vitorgalvao discussed in https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/17804-process-screenshots-w-imageoptim/ and implemented in General simplifications #2 which was included in version 1.3