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Prepare and Export your graphics for web with a focus on Raster Graphics.
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Google Developers on Image Optimization, Ilya Grigorik Published: May 07, 2014
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Image optimization is important because
when you are loading websites into your
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browser, images often take
up the most space, by far.
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It can greatly effect your page load time.
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Often too, these images take up the most
screen real estate on your website.
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So, it's important that they
look crisp and are high quality.
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That's what image optimization is all
about, finding the balance between
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keeping the file size small while
still having a high quality image.
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Different file types
are sometimes better for
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different images depending
on their unique properties.
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