JPEG Compression Algorithm

Compress grey scale image files to selected quality.
This algorithm uses Discrete Cosine Transform to compress images

Requirements

• Python 3 (3.6 or newer)
• Python image library (Pillow)

How to use

• Install Python 3
• Install Pillow (Python image library)
• Edit main.py and specify image location and quality
• Run main.py

Installing Pillow

Windows

Type in command prompt

python -m pip install Pillow

MacOS

Type in terminal

pip install Pillow

Linux

Type in bash

sudo pip3 install Pillow

Code Tested with

• Python 3.7
• Pillow 5.4.1