How to ideally store images on Amazon S3

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I want to store a huge number of images on Amazon S3 (served via Cloudfront). Currently the way I am doing is simply dumping the images and having basic HTTP Cache headers set to a month so that users can have fast browsing experience. But I still want more fast experience.

Is there anyway I can compress my images (like gzip for text) and users can access that image resource on their browsers.

Unless you're uploading RAW/BMP files, image files are already extensively compressed. Are you resizing them to the size they'll appear on the web, at least? — ceejayoz, Apr 14 '14 at 20:05
@EEAA dude, I wrote I am serving via cloudfront (its a CDN only) — Sushant Gupta, Apr 14 '14 at 20:16
@EEAA no problem. Any suggestion with regard to compression which browser can recognize like gzip for text. — Sushant Gupta, Apr 14 '14 at 20:18
@SushantGupta JPEGs are already compressed. Unless you want to re-encode them with a lower quality setting (which'll make them look significantly worse, usually) they're already as good as they're getting. — ceejayoz, Apr 14 '14 at 20:25
@ceejayoz Thanks for the advice. Had it been posted as an answer I would have accepted it. But since you haven't, A BIG thanks :) — Sushant Gupta, Apr 14 '14 at 20:28

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '14 at 20:36

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JPEGs are already inherently a compressed format, so further compression isn't really something that'll give you any significant benefit. You could reencode them with a lower quality setting but that'll compromise their appearance significantly.

answered Apr 14 '14 at 20:36

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