Practical image workflow guides
Make better image files before you share them
Short, task-focused explanations of file size, formats, and privacy. Each guide links to a browser-local tool so you can test the decision with your own copy.
Start with a common image task
HEIC vs JPG: Why iPhone Photos Behave Differently HEIC is the container and codec Apple records still photos in, and it is genuinely more efficient than JPG for a photograph. The problem is not quality, it is that a much wider set of software was written before HEIC existed and has never been updated. This page is about deciding when to keep the advantage and when to hand someone a JPG instead. Read the guide → How to Hit a Target Image File Size Without Ruining the Photo A limit written in kilobytes is a budget, and two levers decide whether you stay inside it: how many pixels the image has, and how hard the encoder works on them. Used in the wrong order they fight each other. The sequence below gets you to the target with the least visible damage, and lets you verify the exact byte count before the upload. Read the guide → Why Your Uploaded Photo Looks Blurry and How to Fix It When a photo goes in sharp and comes back soft, nothing has broken in your camera. Something between the two files recompressed it or shrank its pixel dimensions, and both of those lose detail permanently. The order below tells you which one you are looking at, because the fix is different for each. Read the guide →