class Images(models.Model): image = models.ImageField() def save(self, *args, **kwargs): if self.image: img = Img.open(StringIO.StringIO(self.image.read())) if img.mode != 'RGB': img = img.convert('RGB') img.thumbnail((self.image.width/1.5,self.image.height/1.5), Img.ANTIALIAS) output = StringIO.StringIO() img.save(output, format='JPEG', quality=70) output.seek(0) self.image= InMemoryUploadedFile(output,'ImageField', "file.jpg", 'image/jpeg', output.len, None) super(Images, self).save(*args, **kwargs)