Image Compression5 min read
Understanding Quality Settings for Image Compression
Master the art of balancing file size with visual quality to get the best results from your compressed images.
Quality Scale Explained
Low Quality (30-50%)Medium Quality (60-80%)High Quality (85-95%)
🗜️
Maximum Compression
- • Smallest file sizes
- • Visible quality loss
- • Good for thumbnails
- • Web previews
⚖️
Balanced
- • Good file size reduction
- • Acceptable quality
- • Perfect for web use
- • Social media
💎
Premium Quality
- • Minimal quality loss
- • Larger file sizes
- • Professional use
- • Print materials
Recommended Settings by Use Case
🌐 Web & Social Media
Quality: 75-85%
- • Fast loading times
- • Good visual quality
- • SEO friendly file sizes
- • Mobile optimized
Typical file size reduction
60-80% smaller
📱 Mobile Apps
Quality: 65-75%
- • Reduced bandwidth usage
- • Faster app performance
- • Lower storage requirements
- • Battery efficient
Typical file size reduction
70-85% smaller
🖨️ Print & Professional
Quality: 90-95%
- • Minimal quality loss
- • Professional standards
- • High resolution maintained
- • Archive quality
Typical file size reduction
20-40% smaller
Quality vs File Size Comparison
Sample Image: 2MB Original
High-resolution photograph (3000x2000px)
50%
300KB
Visible artifacts
70%
450KB
Minor artifacts
80%
600KB
Recommended
90%
900KB
Excellent quality
95%
1.2MB
Near original
Pro Tips for Quality Settings
✅ Best Practices
💡
Start with 80% quality
Good balance for most use cases
🔍
Use preview feature
Compare before and after quality
📊
Consider image content
Complex images need higher quality
❌ Common Mistakes
⚠️
Using same setting for all images
Different images need different quality
🚫
Over-compressing important images
Hero images need higher quality
📉
Ignoring file size targets
Consider bandwidth limitations
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