Optimizing Images for the Web

For image uploaders. Why bother optimizing your images for the web?

Large file size images loads longer. The longer the waiting time for your viewer, the higher probability of losing a visitor. It also affects your upload time.

Images directly uploaded to the web from your cameras are heavy. Optimization can produce drastic change in file size, uploading and loading time for you and your visitors.

With the right balance between quality and compression, visual fidelity of your images will not be lost. Experiment on it, just remember, don’t do it on your originals. Create a copy of the file you want to optimize and do your compression on the copy. That way your original is safe.

Same thing too with photo editing, always keep your originals unaltered. Edit a file copy.

Almost all photo editing softwares have options for changing pixels and dimension. Use it and see how it reduces your image size and how it affects the quality of your image on different ratios of compression. And also, keep the aspect ratio (proportion). You might not want to have your pictures stretched vertically or horizontally.

Enjoy faster uploading and loading of your pics! Happy viewing!!!