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The pict-rs backend can be configured to automatically convert images to webp. So if an instance admin cares about the “bytes” they can do so.
Better yet, host elsewhere:
bmp or bust
.bust
Got it
TIFF or high water.
.TGA or the hell you say!
The file format wars have begun!
I love how Tesseract has the automatic conversion to webp option when posting.
I tested converting my png profile picture on mastodon and the size went down from 350 kb to 70 kb.
I use Switcheroo which has convenient options to downscale as well.
Is there a client that automatically converts/optimizes images (locally) when uploading? Preferably on IOS
In my limited testing, exporting as a JPG can sometimes lead to a smaller file size than exporting to WEBP. Not always. I’m not sure if there is just some “point of diminishing returns” or whatever where JPG actually becomes more efficient or what.
WebP can be either lossless or lossy. These two modes achieve objectively better compression than PNG or JPEG, respectively. Obviously, you need to pay attention to the settings to get the best file size for your use case.
Fuck webp, use JPEG XL*. It supports lossless and lossy compression, and it’s compression is on par or better than webp. It also isn’t entirely designed by Google.
* With JPEG fallback. Google, being Google, blocked the addition of JXL decoding in Chrome and Android.
