Technical Specifications for Professionals
Shopify & Etsy Optimizer
Problem: Shopify themes often load huge images, killing mobile speed.
Solution: Use our "200KB Cap". It retains product details (textures/fabric) but strips 70% of the metadata bloat. Perfect for 2048x2048px listings.
PageSpeed & LCP Score
Problem: Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) fails if hero images are >100KB.
Solution: Our AI converts PNG to Lossless JPEG or WebP equivalent structure, ensuring your site loads in < 1.2 seconds.
How to Compress PNG without losing Transparency?
Designers often struggle with PNGs being too large (often 1MB+). Standard compressors convert them to JPG, adding a white background. PictoKB Studio detects the alpha channel. If transparency exists, we apply "Indexed Color Quantization" (reducing unique colors from 16 million to ~256 visual matches) to slash size by 80% while keeping the background transparent.
The "Photographer's Paradox": 300DPI vs 72DPI
If you upload 300DPI print-ready photos to your portfolio website, it will crash mobile browsers. This tool intelligently downsamples pixel density to 72DPI (web standard) while maintaining the physical dimensions (e.g., 1920px width). This is the secret to crisp images that load instantly.
Optimized Export Settings
- For Hero Banners: Target 150KB. (Ensures LCP < 2.5s)
- For Product Thumbnails: Target 30KB. (Instant grid loading)
- For Blog Posts: Target 75KB. (Reduces bandwidth cost)