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> Resizing our image to 1000x1152 shrinks our PNG down to 1.5MB, and finally running cwebp to convert it to a webp we're down to 49KB. That seems like a lot. W
by jrochkind1 5y ago
> Resizing our image to 1000x1152 shrinks our PNG down to 1.5MB, and finally running cwebp to convert it to a webp we're down to 49KB.
That seems like a lot. What's going on here? Surely the compression level is changing drastically, right?
- chrismorgan 5y agoPNG is lossless, the 49KB WebP will be lossy (WebP can be either). Few images beyond the size of icons warrant losslessness, which comes at an extreme size penalty.
- jrochkind1 5y agoOh I didn't realize/forgot that PNG was losssless, thanks! I'm curious how this file size would compare to a JPG at, say, level 85.