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Welcome to the Alfred Smart WebP repository: **An Alfred Workflowk** ✨
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Welcome to the Alfred Smart WebP repository: **An Alfred Workflow** ✨
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## ✅ Prerequisite
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## ✅ Prerequisites
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*🍎 MacOS
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*🎩 Alfred 5. Note that the [Alfred Powerpack](https://www.alfredapp.com/powerpack/) is required to use workflows.
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* MacOS
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* Alfred 5. Note that the [Alfred Powerpack](https://www.alfredapp.com/powerpack/) is required to use workflows.
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## ℹ️ information
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## 🏎️ cwebp
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* 🏎️ Under the hood, the compression is made with [cwebp](https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/docs/cwebp) (made by Google), a tool that allows to compress images into the WebP format, which is generally lighter 🪶, and broadly used to share images on the web.
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Under the hood, the compression is made with [cwebp](https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/docs/cwebp) (made by Google), a tool that allows to compress images into the WebP format, which is generally lighter, and broadly used to share images on the web.
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## ⬇️ Installation
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1.[Download the workflow](https://github.com/BenjaminOddou/alfred-smart-webp-compression/releases/latest)
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2. Double click the `.alfredworkflow` file to install
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## 🧙♂️ Invoke the Workflow
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You can invoke the workflow by writing `webp` onto the Alfred search box. You can change this value by changing the `🕹️ Trigger` variable in workflow configuration panel [optionnal].
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## 🧰 Setup the workflow
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### 👨💻 Install dependencies
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#### Open the Terminal of you Mac and run the following commands
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1. ☑️ Install Homebrew.
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#### Open the Terminal of you Mac and run the following command:
✨ The workflow is also checking the cwebp version each time you run it.
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### 📂 Data (Presets and Logs) folder
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❗ This variable cannot be empty. You can change it at your convenience in the workflow configuration panel.
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It contains the presets created within the workflow + output logs of the cwebp compression.
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> 💡 Note that if you change the `Data folder` location after creating presets and logs, you should probably move the files created along in the new folder.
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You can invoke the workflow by writing `webp` into the Alfred search box. You can change this value by changing the `🕹️ Trigger` variable in workflow configuration panel.
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## 🤖 Usage of the workflow
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### ⚒️ Handling presets
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Go under the home menu and open the `presets section`.
Go under the `presets section` and click on "Add a preset".
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Go under the `presets section` and click on `Add a new preset`.
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Add your preset by putting `preset_name,preset_detail`. Note that the comma (`,`) is separating the name of the preset from its content. The content correspond to the cwebp [options] which can be found under the documentation section.
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The created preset can be seen under the preset section. New presets are put on top of older ones.
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Add your preset by putting a `value`, press ⏎ and input a `title` and a `subtitle` separated by a `/`.
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#### Modify a preset
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Under the `presets section`, click on "Modify a preset".
Go to the online documentation or click on one of the options to copy it !
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### 🚀 Start the compression
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### Start the compression
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#### Using Workflow File Filter
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Under the home menu, click on "Start the compression".
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Under the home menu, click on `Start the compression`.
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Select the folder with images or directly the image you want to compress and press enter ⏎.
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> 💡 Note that when selecting a folder, images within subdirectories aren't selected if `🔍 Depth of the search` is `Level 0️⃣`. If you want images in subdirectories, increase this value. Only images with `png|jpg|jpeg|tif|tiff|webp` file extensions are selected. In addition, they aren't case sensitive, meaning that the image extension can be `PNG|JpG|tifF...`
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> Note that when selecting a folder, images within subdirectories aren't selected if `🔍 Depth of the search` is 1. If you want images in subdirectories, increase this value. Only images with `png|jpg|jpeg|tif|tiff|webp` file extensions are selected. In addition, they aren't case sensitive, meaning that the image extension can be `PNG|JpG|tifF...`
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Here is an example where the user selected a folder and put `Level 1️⃣` in `🔍 Depth of the search` :
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Here is an example where the user selected a folder and put `Level 2` in `🔍 Depth of the search` :
Alternatively, use the `Alfred Buffer` to select folder(s) and image(s) at the same time !! Basic commands are :
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* ⌥↑ to add a file to the buffer from Alfred's results.
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To know more on how to use `Alfred Buffer`, follow this [link](https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/file-search/#file-buffer).
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> 💡 Note that `Alfred Buffer` is preferred compare to the `{query}`, meaning that if you select a folder/image (by clicking on it or by pressing enter ⏎) that is not included in the buffer, **it will not be compressed**.
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Choose the cwebp options by selecting a preset or input it manually by pressing "Manual options".
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> Note that `Alfred Buffer` is preferred compare to the `{query}`, meaning that if you select a folder/image (by clicking on it or by pressing enter ⏎) that is not included in the buffer, **it will not be compressed**.
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Check the logs of the compression. To know more on how to read logs, see the `Logs output` section below.
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Choose the cwebp options by selecting a preset or input it manually by pressing `Manual options`.
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#### Using Alfred Universal Actions
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Select the folder(s) / image(s) you want to compress within alfred using `Quick Search` and run `Universal Actions` with → or ⌥→ if you used the `Alfred buffer`. Select "Compress images to WebP".
> 💡 Note that the workflow is type sensitive, meaning that if you select a file that is not part of the following types, the action "Compress images to WebP" will not be available
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> Note that the workflow is type sensitive, meaning that if you select a file that is not part of the following types, the action "Compress images to WebP" will not be available
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If you want to know more on how to use Alfred Universal Actions, follow this [link](https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/universal-actions/).
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* The selected level of variable `🔍 Depth of the search`
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2. In the green box there is the cwebp output.
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> 💡 Note that each compression is separated by a line.
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> Note that each compression is separated by a line.
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