grunt-crusher

#grunt-crusher

A grunt plugin for processing images.

##How to use

• Install with: npm install grunt-crusher.

• Call grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-crusher') in grunt.js

• In your grunt.js config:

   crusher: {
   	taskOne: {
   		imageDirectory: '/path/to/images/',
   		files: [
   			'/path/to/images/foo-*.png',
   		],
   		crusherTasks: {
   			pngquant: {
   				binLocation: './bin/pngquant'
   			}
   		}
   	},
   	taskTwo: {
   		imageDirectory: '/path/to/images/',
   		files: [
   			'/path/to/images/foo/*.png',
   			'/path/to/images/bar/*.png',
   			'/path/to/images/baz/*.png'
   		],
   		destination: IMAGES + '/optimized',
   		keepDirectoryStructure: true,
   		crusherTasks: {
   			pngquant: {
   				binLocation: './bin/pngquant'
   			},
   			pngout: {
   				binLocation: './bin/pngout'
   			}
   		}
   	}
   }
  

##Settings

imageDirectory required : Used to determine relative filepaths, in case you want to preserve the directory structure in the output folder. Files that aren't within this folder will be rejected.

files required : Array of files / wildcards for crusher to iterate through.

destination optional : If provided, copies files to the destination directory after optimizations are complete. If omitted, replaces original with optimized file.

outputSuffix optional : Use to add a suffix onto output filenames (someimage.jpg -> someimage_foo.jpg). Requires destination.

keepDirectoryStructure optional : If omitted or set to false, the destination folder will be flat. If set to true, destination folder will contain the original files' folder structure relative to imageDirectory.

crusherTasks required : Configure each bin. (TODO: Add config options in supported libraries section once available).

##Supported Libraries

pngquant

pngout

convert : Experimental; I have it configured with a global install that I compile per-machine, which seems to be the way to go with imagemagick. See the tests for usage.

##Changelog

Current: v0.1.15

Major Changes:

• v0.1.15 Upgrade for Grunt 0.4 compatibility.
• v0.1.12 Added outputSuffix.
• v0.1.10 Added experimental support for convert, initially for resize.
• v0.1.9 Added tests, some refactoring on logging.
• v0.1.6 Add imageDirectory and keepDirectoryStructure settings.
• v0.1.4 Make it so that you have to define the bin locations as part of the task; making it platform independant was too tricky here. dest -> destination in task settings.
• v0.1.2 Adding pngout, start working on how different bins will operate together.
• v0.1.1 Add optional destination/export directory.
• v0.1.0 Initial release.

License

Copyright (c) 2012 George Pantazis Licensed under the MIT license.