Resize image to specific size

Question

I know there are several ways to resize an image via the command line. Some of them are specified here. However, I was wondering whether there is a way to specify the size of the resized image, e.g. I want to resize an image that is 8.5 MB big to an image that is 2.5 MB. Preferably, the solution uses imagemagick.

Answer 1

With credit to here, there is a jpeg codec option for Imagemagick's convert supports an option for jpeg that allows to restrict the size of the output file: -define jpeg:extent=max_value. It is used as:

convert test.jpg -define jpeg:extent=1M testout.jpg

If anyone could tell where such settings are officially documented, I will include it in this answer.