.. _auto_image_editor:

*IMAGE EDITOR*
==============

Applies simple image transformations — thumbnail resizing, greyscale conversion, transparency adjustment, uniform colour fill, and compression — to a single input image file. Use this worker whenever a lightweight, in-platform image edit is needed without an external tool.

When to use
-----------

Tagged: ``compress``, ``greyscale``, ``image``, ``image_editor``, ``image_processing``, ``thumbnail``, ``transparency``, ``uniformcolor``.

Inputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Default
     - Required
     - Description
   * - Image File
     - image
     - file
     - —
     - ✓
     - Source image file to be edited (PNG, JPEG, or other common raster formats); must be provided — no default.
   * - Task Type
     - task
     - select
     - thumbnail
     - ✓
     - Edit operation to apply: 'thumbnail' (resize to thumbnail dimensions), 'greyscale' (remove colour), 'transparency' (adjust alpha), 'uniformcolor' (flood-fill with a single colour), or 'compress' (reduce file size); defaults to 'thumbnail'.
   * - Options
     - options
     - textarea
     - —
     - 
     - Optional comma-separated key=value pairs that parameterise the chosen task (e.g. 'width=128, height=128' for thumbnail, or 'quality=80' for compress); leave blank to use task defaults.

Outputs
-------

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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Description
   * - Image
     - image
     - image
     - Reference to the original input image as carried through the worker execution.
   * - Task
     - task
     - task
     - Task record representing the executed image-edit job, including status and metadata.
   * - New Image
     - new_image
     - image
     - Resulting edited image file after the selected transformation has been applied.

Disciplines
-----------

- cae.postprocessing.visualization
- data.io.file

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