Module 4: Image Optimization Exercise

OPTIMIZED IMAGE

Out of the three image options, I chose to optimize this photo because it appeared as eye catching to me.  I have never optimized a photo, so I decided to pick a photo that drew interest. 

Although both images contain the exact dimensions, other features of the images vary. When analyzing the bite-sizes of these photos, the contrast is noticeable. The original photo contains 443 KB, (443,117 bytes) Whereas the optimized image contains 411 KB (411, 297 bytes) Clearly, the image bytes have been compressed in comparison to the original image. I feel as though the optimized images would load quicker on a website than the original image. Since the size of the optimized image is smaller, the file would take up less room on the site. Thus, load time should be much quicker than that of a non optimized image. When I compared the photos in Photoshop, I also noticed that the colors are more enhanced in the Optimized Photo than the Original Photo. When I resize the browser window, the image automatically resizes to fit the screen size. A responsive web page is I do find the image quality acceptable, since it is at Maximum quality: 100. This exercise was quite interesting to complete, because it made me much more aware of file sizes. Although two images may look the same, they can very well differ in size. Now that I have learned, and understand the significance of optimizing photos, I will be sure to do it with every SEO project from now on. Optimization is very important, since it allows for the greatest user experience. 

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