Webp-ffi

Ruby wrapper for libwebp. What is WebP?

WebP is a new image format that provides lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. WebP lossless images are 26% smaller in size compared to PNGs. WebP lossy images are 25-34% smaller in size compared to JPEG images at equivalent SSIM index. WebP supports lossless transparency (also known as alpha channel) with just 22% additional bytes. Transparency is also supported with lossy compression and typically provides 3x smaller file sizes compared to PNG when lossy compression is acceptable for the red/green/blue color channels.

First of all you should have install libraries: libpng, libjpeg and libtiff.

For Ubuntu, Debian:

sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libtiff-dev libwebp-dev

For Fedora, CentOS:

sudo dnf install libjpeg-devel libpng-devel libtiff-devel libwebp-devel

For Mac OS:

brew install libjpg libpng libtiff webp

or (for MacPorts):

sudo port install jpeg libpng tiff

Next, you should install libwebp (if you didn't install it by brew in Mac OS or by apt-get in Ubuntu or Debian). Webp library version should be >= 0.3.0. This gem is not support Windows systems.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'webp-ffi'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install webp-ffi

Basic info about libwebp (encoder and decoder versions):

$ irb
2.0.0p0 :001 > require 'webp_ffi'
 => true
2.0.0p0 :002 > WebP.decoder_version
 => "0.3.1"
2.0.0p0 :003 > WebP.encoder_version
 => "0.3.1"

Get size (width and height) from webp image:

filename = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "spec/factories/4.webp"))
WebP.webp_size(File.open(filename, "rb").read)
 => [2000, 2353]

Encode png, jpg or tiff image to webp:

filename = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "spec/factories/4.png"))
out_filename = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "tmp/4.webp"))
WebP.encode(filename, out_filename)

Encode png, jpg or tiff image to webp with options:

WebP.encode(filename, out_filename, quality: 50, resize_w: 100, resize_h: 200)
WebP.encode(filename, out_filename, quality: 75, crop_x: 0, cropt_y: 0, crop_w: 100, crop_h: 100)

Possible encode options:

• lossless (int) - Lossless encoding (0=lossy(default), 1=lossless)
• near_lossless (int) - Use near-lossless image preprocessing (0=maximum preprocessing, 100=no preprocessing(default))
• quality (float) - between 0 (smallest file) and 100 (biggest)
• method (int) - quality/speed trade-off (0=fast, 6=slower-better)
• target_size (int) - if non-zero, set the desired target size in bytes. Takes precedence over the 'compression' parameter
• target_PSNR (float) - if non-zero, specifies the minimal distortion to try to achieve. Takes precedence over target_size
• segments (int) - maximum number of segments to use, in [1..4]
• sns_strength (int) - Spatial Noise Shaping. 0=off, 100=maximum
• filter_strength (int) - range: [0 = off .. 100 = strongest]
• filter_sharpness (int) - range: [0 = off .. 7 = least sharp]
• filter_type (int) - filtering type: 0 = simple, 1 = strong (only used if filter_strength > 0 or autofilter > 0)
• autofilter (int) - Auto adjust filter's strength [0 = off, 1 = on]
• alpha_compression (int) - Algorithm for encoding the alpha plane (0 = none, 1 = compressed with WebP lossless). Default is 1
• alpha_filtering (int) - Predictive filtering method for alpha plane. 0: none, 1: fast, 2: best. Default if 1
• alpha_quality (int) - Between 0 (smallest size) and 100 (lossless). Default is 100
• pass (int) - number of entropy-analysis passes (in [1..10])
• show_compressed (int) - if true, export the compressed picture back. In-loop filtering is not applied
• preprocessing (int) - preprocessing filter (0=none, 1=segment-smooth)
• partitions (int) - log2(number of token partitions) in [0..3]. Default is set to 0 for easier progressive decoding
• partition_limit (int) - quality degradation allowed to fit the 512k limit on prediction modes coding (0: no degradation, 100: maximum possible degradation)
• width (int), height (int) - Input size (width x height) for YUV
• crop_x (int), crop_y (int), crop_w (int), crop_h (int) - crop picture with the given rectangle
• resize_w (int), resize_h (int) - resize picture (after any cropping)

Decode webp image (default format is png):

filename = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "spec/factories/4.webp"))
out_filename = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "tmp/4.png"))
WebP.decode(filename, out_filename)

Decode webp image to pam, ppm, pgm, bmp, tiff or yuv format of image:

filename = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "spec/factories/4.webp"))
out_filename = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "tmp/4.png"))
WebP.decode(filename, out_filename, output_format: :pam)
WebP.decode(filename, out_filename, output_format: :ppm)
WebP.decode(filename, out_filename, output_format: :pgm)
WebP.decode(filename, out_filename, output_format: :bmp)
WebP.decode(filename, out_filename, output_format: :tiff)
WebP.decode(filename, out_filename, output_format: :yuv)

Decode webp image with options:

WebP.encode(filename, out_filename, resize_w: 100, resize_h: 200)
WebP.encode(filename, out_filename, crop_x: 0, cropt_y: 0, crop_w: 100, crop_h: 100)

Possible decode options:

• bypass_filtering (bool) - disable in-loop filtering
• no_fancy_upsampling (bool) - don't use the fancy YUV420 upscaler
• use_threads (bool) - use multi-threading
• crop_x (int), crop_y (int), crop_w (int), crop_h (int) - crop picture with the given rectangle
• resize_w (int), resize_h (int) - resize picture (after any cropping)

For integration with Rails 3+ you can use very simple rake task:

# Place this code in lib/tasks/assets.rake
require 'webp-ffi'

namespace :assets do
  desc "Create .webp versions of assets"
  task :webp => :environment do
    image_types = /\.(?:png|jpe?g)$/

    public_assets = File.join(
      Rails.root,
      "public",
      Rails.application.config.assets.prefix)

    Dir["#{public_assets}/**/*"].each do |filename|
      next unless filename =~ image_types

      mtime = File.mtime(filename)
      webp_file = "#{filename}.webp"
      next if File.exist?(webp_file) && File.mtime(webp_file) >= mtime
      begin
        WebP.encode(filename, webp_file)
        File.utime(mtime, mtime, webp_file)
        puts "Webp converted image #{webp_file}"
      rescue => e
        puts "Webp convertion error of image #{webp_file}. Error info: #{e.message}"
      end
    end
  end

  # Hook into existing assets:precompile task
  Rake::Task["assets:precompile"].enhance do
    Rake::Task["assets:webp"].invoke
  end
end

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request