Image Compression
This is another very important aspect of image optimization. There are different ways to achieve this, but the tool you use will go a long way to determine the level of compression you can achieve. The commonly used tools are Gimp, affinity, Adobe Photoshop and lots more in the market.
GIMP is my go-to tool, it is fun to use and free.
Worth mentioning are plugins that carry out the same function, they include Image optimizer, Optimole and others. They are good at compressing images automatically, and they save a lot of time.
If you do not know how to work on your images, I think with this piece of training you can start working on them. They will help you create a good user experience and improve search engine optimization for your website.
Also if you have experience with image optimization or have questions, I will be glad to see you use the comment section.
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Thank you glad you found it useful. Helping each other is the culture at WA,
Ayodeji
This is very interesting. I didn't know the difference between JPG and PNG. I always use JPG by default but I can see I should switch to PNG for many of the graphics I used are charts which will have large areas of uniform color with no, or I do use a gradient, highly predictable hue and saturation variation. I am careful to reduce the size and to crop. One other aspect that I think is important is watching how images work on our content on both desktop and mobile devices. When I first started blogging I was adding images with tall aspect ratios, i.e. much taller compared with the width because I could wrap text either to the left or to the right and it broke up the content and made it easy to read. However, this doesn't work at all on mobile devices. So almost universally I have switched to using a more landscape format as standard extending across the whole column width. Thanks for another great article.
Best regards
Andy
The whole training is about image optimization. If you have any grey area kindly let me know.
Or if I am not getting your statement right, kindly shed more light
Ayodeji
