How to make a transparent PNG background
You have a logo on a white box. You want the logo floating clean on your website. The white box has to go.
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SVG vs raster: when vectors beat pixels
Every image you've ever taken is a grid of colored squares. That's a raster image: JPG, PNG, WebP, all of them.
Read moreHow to shrink images for email (without the bounce-back)
You attach five photos. You hit send. The email bounces, or it sends and the recipient gets a "downloading" spinner for a minute.
Read moreAVIF explained: the format after Web
WebP had a good run. AVIF is the format trying to replace it, and on pure compression it's genuinely better.
Read moreHow to crop an image to the perfect aspect ratio
Aspect ratio is just the shape of the image: the width compared to the height. 16:9 is a wide rectangle. 1:1 is a square. 4:5 is a tall portrait.
Read moreBatch converting images: one workflow that saves you hours
Converting one image is a 30-second job. Converting 200 is an afternoon you'll never get back, if you do them one at a time.
Read moreWhy your website loads slowly (spoiler: it's the images)
Slow sites lose visitors. People bounce after a few seconds of staring at a blank page, and search engines now factor speed into rankings.
Read moreHow to make product photos look good in an online store
People can't touch your product. The photo does all the selling. Blurry, dark, or inconsistent product photos quietly kill conversions.
Read moreGIF to MP4: why your animations should be videos
GIFs are everywhere and they're terrible at their job. A 5-second GIF can weigh 8 MB. The same clip as an MP4 is 500 KB.
Read moreHow to check an image's format, size and dimensions
Someone sends you "photo.jpg" and it's actually a PNG. Or you need to know if an image is big enough to print.
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