Bookmarkable Series: Is the slow load time of your photos costing you upvotes, resteems and followers? Includes a step-by-step quick-fix tutorial. (FREE)
Don't lose your audience because your posts take too long to load. In this microwave society, you will lose your viewers if your blog post is slow in loading. Often times, the slow load is because of large image file sizes.
Losing Viewers in Steemit Can Cost You Dearly
If your photos take too long to load, you could very well lose the attention of your audience.
Losing viewers can mean that your post is not getting the attention it may have received had the photos appeared instantly. Your message is lost and in Steemit, that can cost you upvotes, resteems and loyal followers.
TinyPNG.com to the Rescue
Before I discovered TinyPNG, I usually resized my photo size to 8 x 6 inches at 96 resolution so that it reduced the file size. By doing so, I reduced the file size from 10.7 MB to 544.9 KB. This increased the speed of load time, but I sacrifice the ability to offer larger photos to my audience. With this amazing site, I can now reduce the image file size while keeping my larger image dimensions. And, best of all, it works in compressing both .png and .jpg files!
Can you tell the difference?
See that the quality of the image is not compromised using TinyPNG. Minimal degradation, if any, is seen by the naked eye. That is so exciting!
Step-by-Step Tutorial
1. Drag and drop the photo you want to compress into this box.
2. Choose from one of 3 ways to download.
3. Save it and you’re done!
Old Way vs New Way
The last two posts I created will show you the difference. Each post has 3 photos to view.
Old Way: Reduced the physical size of photos in order to reduce file size
In my post on Sentiment in the Debris, in order to reduce the file size of my photos thereby increasing the load speed of my post, I reduced the size of the photo to 8” x 6”. The drawback is when you right click to save the photo; it saves as an 8” x 6” photo. Your audience loses the ability to expand it to see the intricate details of your photo.
New Way: Kept large size photos but compressed file size using TinyPNG
In my post on Flooded Photos Can Be Saved , I used TinyPNG.com and was able to shrink the size of the photo file down 86%. Now, you can see that it loads instantly. And, if you click on the photos to save them, you can get a photo size of 13.5” x 18”!
Additional Tips
- The free version of TinyPNG.com has a max file size you can submit of 5M. If your camera is like mine, the photo sizes and file sizes are much larger. I use a Google Pixel XL Android to take photos. I keep my settings at default and the photos I get are massively big. The Original Size of this Photo is 31” x 42” at 96 resolution with a file size of 10.7 MB! So in order to reduce the file size. If you resize your photo to 13.5” x 18”, you should be able to run it through Tinypng.com.
- Or, you can pay $25 per year to TinyPNG and submit an unlimited number of photos up to 25 MB each.
TinyPNG.com is #bookmarkable ... because some things are just meant to be saved.
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This is very helpful especially for us here in China. One problem is that it probably takes along time for others to see the big pictures, but another problem is that it takes along time for me to even upload it in my post- that is how slow the internet is here .. Thank you for sharing this awesome info !
Wow! You bring up a great point! I didn't even think of how compressing the image is going to save you time uploading too. Yay! 😁😁😁
Hehehe 2 birds with one stone !
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I thought only people who live in China have this kind of problem, coz many other foreign platforms don't even work here😂Great, helpful post!Thank you😊
Lol. You'll just have to test it out. Do my posts come up in decent time or are they super slow? I know when it's too slow here, I need to make adjustments and image file size is usually the first thing I check..
It was not slow actually😁Yeah,I'll try to,thank you🙌😊
Great advice @karencarrens, but the problem with me is that I usually participate in Photography Challenge where people would love to see a good composition image.
I completely get it. I thought about that and actually addressed it but deleted the photos I took to compare because my post was turning into a book! Hehehe I noticed that the degradation was minimal and hard to see with the naked eye. If you test it out, be sure to let me know what you find. 😀 Thanks for the feedback! And I love the #thetheunmentionables sgroup. Glad I found you all!
This is a great tip. Though, the compression algorithms used by jpg are normally better suited for photographs than PNG. Though, PNG will give a more faithful representation.
Didn't know that! 😆 Thanks for the feedback!
We're all learning. We humans think in inches/cm for size, but what matters to computers is pixels. The DPI is the ratio for converting between human and computer sizes. If you're working on screen, then it's good to get used to thinking in pixels instead. Because then you'll use only the number of pixels you need instead.
😁 good point!
Wow! Wonderful tip @karencarrens. Thanks for sharing! This would definitely enhance faster loading of picture or photo posts.
Funny gif too.
Thank you @rickie! I love the GIFs. I crack up picking them. And, yes, I hope this post helps! Thank you for your awesome support and energy! :)
I've always wondered about this! I'm definitely bookmarking this post! Thanks! @suicidalviral
Oh, that's so awesome! I love sharing stuff that helps. Thanks for your encouragement! It means a lot. :)
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This is something I do vacillate about. I used to use Photoshop and downsize or lower the quality somewhat. Then I thought, the only person that mentioned it was from China, so is it worth the time....Still undecided lol but will follow you for more :)
You're right! I'm finding that I'm making the decision based on the picture. 😁