Here are some examples of JPEG compression that show how much you can compress
various images before losing graphics quality. This first photo is one I took in Santa Cruz, looking
north up the coast.
The original file size is 270 KB.
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| Compression = 15, file size = 36 KB Looks OK for most uses. |
Compression = 30, file size = 26 KB Even smaller and not much difference in appearance. |
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 | Compression = 60, file size = 17 KB The image is beginning to degrade. |
Compression = 80, file size = 26 KB Ugly! JPEG artifacts very prominent. |
Another of my photos - this one was taken looking south toward the light house.
The original photo was 276 KB.
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| Compression = 15, file size = 24 KB Looks OK for most uses. |
Compression = 30, file size = 17 KB Smaller still, but the image doesn't look very good. |
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 | Compression = 60, file size = 10 KB Yuck! This isn't really usable. |
Compression = 80, file size = 7 KB JPEG artifacts even more prominent. |
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