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How to Compress WebP Images: A Complete Guide

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title: "How to Compress WebP Images: A Complete Guide"
description: "WebP shrinks images 25-35% smaller than JPEG at the same quality — but only if you compress it right. This guide covers lossy vs lossless WebP, the quality s..."
tags: [webp, imageoptimization, tutorial]

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WebP is ~30% smaller than JPEG at the same quality. But compress it wrong and you get mushy edges. Here's the right way.

Lossy vs lossless

  • Lossy: drops pixels, big savings. Photos at 75-85 quality.
  • Lossless: no quality loss. Graphics, screenshots, UI.

The quality slider

80 is the sweet spot for photos. Below 60? Artifacts on edges and text. Don't.

Batch smart

Compress by type. Photos lossy-80, UI lossless. Keep originals until you verify render.

Shrank a 12MB gallery to 3.1MB, zero visible diff. Your numbers?

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