Earlier today I wanted to post a PNG file that was 7 Mb and burggit basically got stuck uploading. I ended up resizing it so it would be under 4 Mb and that solved it but ideally I would like to preserve the size and quality as much as possible.

That got me thinking of using webp instead but I’m not sure how compatible lemmy is with it (not to mention 3rd party apps). Could an admin enlighten me on what format I should try to use for still images? Much appreciated.

  • Nazrin@burggit.moe
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    1 year ago

    Lemmy sucks at webp’s. Use JPG with the quality slider all the way up.

    You can also ask yourself -> What is the screen resolution that this image will be viewed on? There’s no point having a 4k vertical image if 4k screens are vertically only 2160 pixels high.

    Also, try out https://imagecompressor.com/

    • Sheep@burggit.moeOP
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      1 year ago

      That’s true but I always try my best to preserve the original size because I hate downscaling artifacts. I suppose using JPG is the best option if webp is going to have compatibility issues. Thanks for the compressor link!