Unzip Images and create thumbnails, with TIFF to PNG Image conversion, into your AWS S3 Bucket

PNG, JPG, TIFF, and GIF image files will have a thumbnail sized image automatically generated, and mime-type is set for all common file types. Using this service you can host your static catalog's original size and thumbnail images entirely on Amazon S3. Expand your image zip file in S3 and generate thumbnail images. This service does not use your local bandwidth during the unzip and image generation process.

How do I UnZip and generate image thumbnails and convert TIFF to PNG images in Amazon S3 ?

Use CloudZip to generate thumbnail size PNG image files from all your original PNG, JPG, TIFF, and GIF images that are contained in a zip or jar file of images. The thumbnail image is created in the same folder as the original image, and preserves the aspect ratio of the original image. You enter the size of the thumbnail to fit your application. You can choose the thumb name appended or prepended to the name of the original image. This service is compatible with the Image View service when you prepend a name prefix, as in this example CloudZip Image Viewer for S3 images with prepended prefixes, view the page source to see the image path and prepended name.

First gather all your original images and create a big zip or jar file of the images, then use the Amazon S3 console to upload your file into your Amazon S3 bucket. Then Sign In and click the Begin Now link you'll be taken to a form where you should enter the following required information in the fields :

• Thumbnail size - enter numeric width and height that represents the length in pixels of the thumbnail's width and height that will completely contain the thumbnail, default 97 x 57. The thumbnail preserves the aspect ratio of the original image so the scaled original image will completely fit within the dimensions you specify without distortion of the original image. Common PDA screen, advertising, and web image sizes may be found here.

• Thumbnail name - enter the text that will be appended or prepended to the original name to create the thumbnail name, default is 'thumb_'.

• Thumbnail name prepended or appended - select whether the thumbnail name is prepended to the original image file name (e.g. 'thumb_image1.png), or appended to the original image file name (e.g. image1_thumb.png). The default is to prepend the thumbnail name. The CloudZip Image View service expects the name prepended.

• Bucket destination name - enter the S3 bucket name and path of the folder that you would like as the destination of the unzip operation (e.g. /mybucket/filesdestination or /mybucket ). Any files and folders contained in the zip will be created in the destination as needed. To locate your buckets, login to the AWS S3 Console and look at the top level for your buckets listed in the All Buckets table. Enter one of the bucket names into this field. Create a bucket if you don't have one. If you desire, create an unzip destination folder within a bucket.

• Zip file path and name - enter the S3 path to the zip file that you would like expanded into the destination folder (e.g. /mybucket/uploads/files.zip ). One zip file path is required, wildcards are ignored. Any files and folders within the zip will be created in the destination as needed. To locate your buckets and content, login to AWS S3 Console AWS S3 Console and look at the top level for your buckets listed in the All Buckets table. Select a bucket to open it, select a file and click Properties to see its path. If you need to upload a zip file, open the AWS S3 Console and click a bucket to open it, then click the Upload button to select files and folders, and click Start Upload.

• AWS Access Key ID - enter your AWS Access Key. You need to enter the Secret Access key in the field below. If you don't know your keys, we recommend you create a new user for your AWS account, with S3 access, using the AWS Identity and Access Management page. It is easy to create a user, see the CloudZip IAM User Setup page for more information.

• Secret Access Key - enter your AWS Secret Access Key. If you don't know your keys, we recommend you create a new user for your AWS account, with S3 access, using the AWS Identity and Access Management page. It is easy to create a user, see the CloudZip IAM User Setup page for more information.

After you have entered the above information, click Verify to validate your entries. Next click Pay Now to authorize the transaction and begin the service.

After clicking Pay Now, you'll get an email receipt confirming that your service has started. The actual time to expand your zip file depends on the size of the zip file content and the number of items and folders in your zip. When the service has completed you'll get a confirmation email.

Please refresh your S3 console to see your unzipped files after you get the service completed email.
To access the unzipped content in your bucket from the internet, you may need to enable public access and configure web hosting for your bucket, refer to Amazon's documentation for more information : S3 Hosting Setup and S3 Website Hosting

Features and Benefits of UnZip and create Image thumbnails with TIFF to PNG Image conversion service for Amazon S3

Many content providers deliver a zip file that contains many images with different formats. This service expands your image zip file and generates web thumbnail sized PNG images from original size PNG, JPG, TIFF, and GIF image files. CloudZip creates image files as needed during the unzip including the original image, thumbnails, and any other content in the zip, and sets common mime-type for all files. The thumbnails are created in the same folder as the original image.

Need your TIFF images converted to PNG ? This service will automatically convert most TIFF source image files to full size PNG image files and also generate a PNG thumbnail. For example, if an original TIFF is named 'image1.tif' the converted TIFF to PNG image will be named 'image1.png' and the png is typically a fraction of the size and may be rendered by most browsers. Note: some TIFF format images may not be converted.

This service automates digital catalog image publishing where managing 1000s of huge image files in mixed formats is challenging. Easily use S3 to publish your files as static content. You can host your static catalog and website entirely on Amazon S3. Once you enable your bucket for static website hosting, all your content is accessible to web browsers via the Amazon S3 website endpoint for your bucket. You can use S3 to host a truly unlimited number of original images and thumbnails. You should consider using the CloudZip FTP copy to S3 service if you need to copy a large number of big zip files into S3

Just zip up your images, copy to your S3 bucket, and unzip it with CloudZip's Image thumbnail generator and share the urls. You can even create an HTML page to view all your thumbnails and images with the CloudZip Image Viewer service.

Priced at $ 1.75 USD per use per gigabyte.

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