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Medium Dev here, this is our fault. We convert images to JPEG when sizing and cropping, this obviously doesn't work well for vector style graphics. We didn't
by dpup 14y ago
Medium Dev here, this is our fault. We convert images to JPEG when sizing and cropping, this obviously doesn't work well for vector style graphics.
We didn't want people to have to wait for a 500K PNG when a 60K JPEG would work for most cases. But, I think we'll probably make a change soon to keep the format the same as whatever it was uploaded with.
- keyboardP 14y agoI use PNG Monster for very good lossless PNG compression http://www.vbgore.com/PNG_Monster http://www.vbgore.com/PNG_Monster Might be worth testing to see if it can reduce the sizes to an acceptable level.
- jstanley 14y agoBy the way, since this image is mostly flat colour, you may find that PNG compresses just as well as JPEG. EDIT: Turns out the PNG is 95K, versus 62K for the JPEG. Worth the increase IMO.
- dpup 14y agoAgreed, I'm going to make the change.