Optimize Images for Website - WHY and HOW You Should be Optimizing PHOTOS

Too many web designers (both experts and beginners don't take the time to optimize their images for the web. Now there's no excuse because I show you a few free tools to get it done in this video:

The Problem: 1:00
Use WordPress Plugins: 6:02
Use Adobe PhotoShop: 7:20
Use GIMP: 10:00

Check out this video for the best image sizes for your site and the sizes THAT I USE:

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[filmyfreak]

Easy and clear explanation...great job !

[reemalnaji]

this is the best video i watched ever about optimizing images
thanks a lot.

[socorroabadier]

The best I ever watch about this topic. Thank you.

[tp]

This is awesome! Thank you for this video, Ryan.

[pauls]

Thanks Ryan. You really know your stuff. I learnt a lot from your fascinating video. I was (clearly mistakenly) loading up files as large as I could thinking that would be better for the quality. Then I was growling that my internet connection must be slowing down when the website I was creating was slow. Now I know why! I'll be doing a photo sort out now. Thanks for posting - excellent.

[lifecycleproject]

Thanks for delivering clear concise help and information where all others have failed miserably !

[yercheng]

Thanks for the explanation and info. I will check out your pinned video next. 🤗 Yes, please do a video on how to batch edit multiple images at once 9:57 - I just searched your videos on your channel for this but nothing. Thanks so much!

[madelinedumee]

I watched a dozen You Tubes before I got to yours. Hans down the best!!! Many thanks

[suzannes.]

Thanks for the information. I've been struggling with this problem for days!

[antchamberlin]

Awesome tutorial and straight to the point! Thanks!

[sangeetmetadata]

Hi Ryan, thank you for the wonderful video. A newbie question. When you say at min 1:40 "if you were to load this down onto the web and force it down to 500px width" My question is - how do I know the width of the webpage where I need to upload the image. Because once I know the required width, I can optimize my image to make sure it fits well within that width using the techniques you shared in the video.

[anbalaganramu]

Great Explanation and easy to understand. Thank you for sharing.

[yvonnejohnson]

Thank you! I now have a better understanding of page speed and my web photos

[shachaha]

Thanks, great information! Just downloaded gimp to finalize my website with perfectly sized pictures.

[michellevillasenor]

Best, easiest explanation of optimization...thank you!

[rickdorman]

Thank you... thank you... thank you!! I'm setting up my first web site and I'm really struggling with graphics. This will help me a lot!!!

[WatchmanonHiswall]

Great video tutorial Ryan. I have a question about images and Blogs. On my Blog page, I have tried using Post Grid and The Post Grid, in order to make them all look uniform (same size). What is the trick to making this happen? I am also wanting multiple types of Blogs on the same page, by assigning the Blogs to their own "Category". Is this the best way?

[flameout]

This is a great video. I have another question about image size. How do i make sure the picture size I take does not distort when i fit it in certain aspect ratio.

[joselitopascual]

So, how do we determine the size that we actually need?

[SherrisWorld]

This is great info. Trying to understand this in a very simple way for me :) If I have multiple photos and I want to resize for a website gallery (all the same size, but best resolution for viewing on a computer, but fast website)... does it make sense for me to use something simple like Mac Preview/Select All and resize to 8x10" (average size of monitor) cropping those needed to maintain proportion... but change resolution on all to 150 pixels/inch?