Compress Tool

Compress an Image

Cut a file down to size in the browser and watch the number fall as you drag — before and after, in kilobytes, live.

Describe the edit — the AI assistant does it on the canvas.

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Drop a PNG, JPG or WebP

PNG, JPG, WebP or SVG — up to 30 MB

Runs entirely in your browser. Your image is never uploaded.

What actually makes an image smaller

01

The number is the point

Most compressors ask you to guess a quality setting and find out afterwards whether you guessed right. This one shows both sizes on the panes as you drag, so you can stop at the moment the file is small enough rather than at an arbitrary percentage.

02

The format decides the ceiling

Quality alone only goes so far. A photograph saved as PNG is large no matter how you set the slider, because PNG stores every pixel exactly. Switching that same photo to JPG or WebP is usually a bigger saving than any quality adjustment.

03

Where to stop

For photographs, 70 to 80 is the sweet spot — most of the saving, none of the visible damage. Below about 60 the blocks start showing in flat areas like skies. Logos and screenshots behave differently: they have hard edges, so they need 85 or above, or they should stay PNG.

04

Transparency has a cost

JPG produces the smallest files but cannot store transparency, so a knocked-out image gets flattened onto white. WebP is the compromise: much smaller than PNG, and it keeps the alpha channel.

05

Compression is one-way

The detail a lossy encoder discards is gone. Keep the original and treat every compressed file as a delivery copy for one destination — never compress a file that has already been compressed.

Which format compresses best

JPG

Smallest, no transparency

  • Best for photographs
  • No alpha channel
  • Blocks show below quality 60
  • Universally supported
Best for

Photos going into email, forms and listings

Not ideal for

Logos, screenshots, anything with hard edges

WebP

Small and keeps alpha

  • Much smaller than PNG
  • Transparency supported
  • Handles hard edges better than JPG
  • Browsers only
Best for

Anything you serve on your own website

Not ideal for

Files you hand to a print shop or older software

PNG

Lossless, largest

  • Quality slider barely helps
  • Pixel-exact
  • Transparency supported
  • Opens everywhere
Best for

Screenshots, flat graphics, working masters

Not ideal for

Getting a photograph under a size cap

How to compress an image

1

Upload the image

PNG, JPG or WebP. Its size appears on the left pane straight away.

2

Pick a format and quality

Drag the slider and watch the result size update. Stop when it is small enough and still looks right.

3

Download

Free preview, or the full-resolution compressed file in the app.

When the file size is the problem

Email attachment limits

Get a photo under a gateway cap without cropping it.

Page speed work

Cut the weight of an image that is slowing a page down.

Upload size caps

Meet a form that refuses anything over a few megabytes.

Marketplace listings

Fit product photos inside a platform size limit.

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What people use it for

The jobs the editor was built around — and what it does differently on each one.

Colourways you can revisit

Every edit is a layer, not a bake. When the brand shifts, reopen the file and change the colour rather than rebuilding the variant from the original.

Cutouts with awkward edges

AI background removal that keeps hair, foliage and soft shadows instead of stamping a hard outline around them. The output is a transparent PNG, ready to place.

No export, edit, re-import loop

The Framer plugin runs on the canvas you are already working in, so a recolour or a cutout does not mean a round trip through a second application.

Ten options in the time one used to take

Recolour once and step through the alternatives, so a client review can look at the whole range instead of the one version there was time to make.

Brand colours matched exactly

Pick a colour straight off an existing asset and get the hex, rather than eyeballing it against a screenshot and hoping it is close enough.

Free to preview, priced per export

Previewing is unlimited and costs nothing. A credit is spent only when you download a full-resolution file, so exploring an idea is never the expensive part.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Compress an Image