From bf9a1927ec765220829313f887ee34180d4a7870 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: maren Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 16:55:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] init --- compressing-images.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 compressing-images.md diff --git a/compressing-images.md b/compressing-images.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3fe2c16 --- /dev/null +++ b/compressing-images.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# aggressively ensmallening images for web + +assuming that you are compressing to jpeg using GNU Image Manipulation Program (which i like to call g-image): +- scale down the image + - scale the image to the smallest size you're willing to accept for your use case + +the next steps are during the export step in g-image under the "advanced" menu: +- reduce quality + - set compression quality as low as 20 (or as low as you can accept) +- smooth image + - between .10 and .15 +- progressive sampling + - check "progressive" in conversion menu (makes the image load in a smoother way on slow connections) +- stripping metadata + - strip it all +- color subsampling + - set to 4:2:0