Trick or Treat! Our sweet, albeit spooky, neighbour Frankie will drop by this week. Chez SaturdayMP, Hallowe’en prep for the following year begins as soon as the last Jack-o-Lantern is extinguished!
This week, I experimented with which compression quality I needed to make Frankie truly scary (and not just an adorable garden ornament).
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- Frankie_Full Sized
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- Frankie_50
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- Frankie_25
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- Frankie_15
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- Frankie_10
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- Frankie_5
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Right off the bat, I picked a compression index of 50* and saw almost no difference, other than size of the jpeg.
- Frankie’s scars and facial shine are still ghoulishly intact
- The reflection on his pumpkin mask and knuckles are a little distorted
- The veins and shadows on the vine-y leaves are very much crawl-y and ready to grab!
Dropping the compression index to 25 brought on a bit more quality loss:
- Cheek and forehead shine could use a makeup touch up
- Mask and knuckle reflections are a little more distorted
Drop the compression index further to 15 and you’re on your way to Hallowe’en greatness!
- Things get a little pixel-y
- Trick-or-treating partner, Mummyford, in the background discolours a bit
- Shadow on the foliage looks creepier
With a compression index of 10, things are ready to roll for the yearly fright!
If you’re intentionally looking for an artsy look, Mini-Compress with a compression index of 5 and change it to be your profile picture for the rest of the month!
Using Mini-Compressor to reduce the size of your jpegs is no trick – just treats – smaller images with quality intact!
Happy Hallowe’en wherever you are!
* Not sure how to change your compression index? Check out the Mini-Guide to Mini-Compressor. This is where you can also learn to change the Compressed Image Suffix. That’s the _## that I use to keep track of which compression index I’ve used.
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