Configure imaging

Processing options

These are the default settings for processing images:

imaging:
  anchor: Smart
  bgColor: '#ffffff'
  compression: lossy
  hint: photo
  quality: 75
  resampleFilter: box

[imaging]
  anchor = 'Smart'
  bgColor = '#ffffff'
  compression = 'lossy'
  hint = 'photo'
  quality = 75
  resampleFilter = 'box'

{
   "imaging": {
      "anchor": "Smart",
      "bgColor": "#ffffff",
      "compression": "lossy",
      "hint": "photo",
      "quality": 75,
      "resampleFilter": "box"
   }
}

anchor

(string) Determines the focal point of the crop box when cropping or filling an image. Valid options include TopLeft, Top, TopRight, Left, Center, Right, BottomLeft, Bottom, BottomRight, or Smart. Default is Smart, which identifies the most interesting area of the image based on the smart cropping algorithm as implemented in the smartcrop.js library.

bgColor

(string) Specifies the background color for the resulting image. This applies when converting an image with transparency to a format that does not support it, such as a PNG to JPEG conversion. The value must be an RGB hexadecimal color. Default is #ffffff.

compression

New in v0.153.5

(string) Defines the compression method used when encoding the image, either lossy or lossless. The lossless method applies only to WebP images. Default is lossy.

hint

(string) Sets predefined encoding parameters specifically for WebP images. Options include drawing, icon, photo, picture, or text. This is equivalent to the -preset flag for the cwebp encoder.

Value	Example
drawing	Hand or line drawing with high-contrast details
icon	Small colorful image
photo	Outdoor photograph with natural lighting
picture	Indoor photograph such as a portrait
text	Image that is primarily text

quality

(int) Determines the output quality for JPEG and WebP images when using lossy compression. Higher values improve image clarity while lower values reduce file size. The value must be a whole number between 1 and 100 inclusive. Default is 75.

resampleFilter

(string) Selects the algorithm used to calculate new pixels when resizing an image. Default is box. Commonly used resampling filters include:

Filter	Description
box	Simple and fast averaging filter appropriate for downscaling
lanczos	High-quality resampling filter for photographic images yielding sharp results
catmullRom	Sharp cubic filter that is faster than the Lanczos filter while providing similar results
mitchellNetravali	Cubic filter that produces smoother results with less ringing artifacts than CatmullRom
linear	Bilinear resampling filter, produces smooth output, faster than cubic filters
nearestNeighbor	Fastest resampling filter, no antialiasing

Refer to the source documentation for a complete list of available resampling filters. If you wish to improve image quality at the expense of performance, you may wish to experiment with the alternative filters.

EXIF data

These are the default settings for extracting EXIF data from images:

imaging:
  exif:
    disableDate: false
    disableLatLong: false
    excludeFields: ''
    includeFields: ''

[imaging]
  [imaging.exif]
    disableDate = false
    disableLatLong = false
    excludeFields = ''
    includeFields = ''

{
   "imaging": {
      "exif": {
         "disableDate": false,
         "disableLatLong": false,
         "excludeFields": "",
         "includeFields": ""
      }
   }
}

disableDate

(bool) Whether to disable extraction of the image creation date/time. Default is false.

disableLatLong

(bool) Whether to disable extraction of the GPS latitude and longitude. Default is false.

excludeFields

(string) A regular expression matching the tags to exclude when extracting EXIF data.

includeFields

(string) A regular expression matching the tags to include when extracting EXIF data. To include all available tags, set this value to ".*".