Guides
Image know-how, minus the fluff.
Short, honest answers to the questions that come up when you're trying to make an image smaller, sharper, or the right format — each one paired with a tool that does it on your device.
- CompressionJul 23, 2026
How to compress images without losing quality
There are two ways to shrink an image, and only one of them touches quality you can actually see. Here is how to get much smaller files that still look identical.
Read guide - EditingJul 23, 2026
How to crop and rotate images online
Trim, straighten, and reframe a photo right in your browser, then export it as WebP, JPG, or PNG at the quality you want. Nothing gets uploaded.
Read guide - PrivacyJul 23, 2026
Do online image tools upload your photos?
Many image tools send your photo to a server to process it, but they no longer have to. Here is why uploading was once necessary, what it risks, and how to check what any tool actually does.
Read guide - BackgroundJul 23, 2026
How to make a transparent PNG
A transparent PNG has no background — it drops onto any colour with no white box. Here are the two ways to make one, right in your browser.
Read guide - AIJul 23, 2026
How to optimize AI-generated images for the web
Midjourney, DALL·E and Stable Diffusion hand you a heavy multi-megabyte PNG. Here is how to make it web-ready — smaller, the right format, and the right size — without uploading it anywhere.
Read guide - FormatsJul 23, 2026
How to convert PNG to WebP
PNG is reliable but heavy. Converting to WebP typically cuts the file size sharply while keeping transparency and working in nearly every browser.
Read guide - FormatsJul 23, 2026
PNG vs JPG: which should you use?
One is lossless with transparency, the other is tiny and made for photos. Pick the wrong one and you get a bloated logo or a blurry snapshot. Here is the rule.
Read guide - AIJul 23, 2026
How to prepare images before sending them to an AI
Resize, convert and clean your image on your own device before uploading it to a vision model like GPT-4o or Claude — faster processing, and you control exactly what you share.
Read guide - CompressionJul 23, 2026
How to reduce image file size (without wrecking quality)
A big image has three things you can shrink — its dimensions, its compression, and its format. Pull the right lever and the file gets much smaller while still looking the same.
Read guide - BackgroundJul 23, 2026
How to remove an image background for free (no upload)
Cut out the background of any photo right in your browser using an on-device AI model — no account, no watermark, and your image never leaves your computer.
Read guide - PrivacyJul 23, 2026
How to remove EXIF data from your photos
Every photo you take carries hidden metadata, often including the GPS coordinates of where you stood. Here is how to strip it out losslessly, on your own device.
Read guide - EditingJul 23, 2026
How to resize an image without losing quality
Making an image smaller keeps it looking sharp; making it bigger cannot invent detail that was never there. Here is how to resize the right way and get a clean result every time.
Read guide - FormatsJul 23, 2026
What is AVIF, and should you use it?
AVIF is the newest mainstream image format, and it can cut a photo to half the size of a JPEG. Here is what it is, where it wins, and where an older format is still smarter.
Read guide - CompressionJul 23, 2026
Why is my PNG so large — and how to shrink it
PNG stores every pixel in full colour with zero loss, which is perfect for logos and screenshots but wildly oversized for photos. Here is what is bloating your file and how to fix it.
Read guide - FormatsJul 22, 2026
WebP vs AVIF: which should you use in 2026?
Both formats crush JPEG on file size — but they trade off differently between compression and compatibility. Here is how to choose in one glance.
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