Image Processing Tools

This container has a rich image processing toolkit. Before writing any image code, scan this inventory to pick the best tool for the job — don't default to Pillow for everything.

Tool Selection by Task

Format Conversion & Batch Operations

ImageMagick convert is the default choice. Handles 260+ formats, single command, no code needed.

convert input.png output.webp
convert input.png -quality 85 output.jpg
mogrify -format webp *.png          # batch in-place

For animated formats (GIF↔WebP↔APNG, video↔frames), prefer ffmpeg.