<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Pixscaler Blog</title><description>Guides on image compression, WebP conversion, Core Web Vitals, and web performance.</description><link>https://pixscaler.com/</link><language>en-gb</language><item><title>How to Batch Compress PNG Images to WebP While Keeping Transparency</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/batch-compress-png-to-webp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/batch-compress-png-to-webp/</guid><description>Converting a folder of PNG files to WebP reduces file size without losing transparent backgrounds. 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Here is how file size works, which formats help, and how Pixscaler compresses locally so you can tune quality and dimensions until the output fits.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Fix &apos;Serve Images in Next-Gen Formats&apos; in PageSpeed Insights</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/serve-images-next-gen-formats/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/serve-images-next-gen-formats/</guid><description>If Google PageSpeed is flagging your images, the fix is usually straightforward. Convert JPEGs and PNGs to WebP or AVIF and cut your file sizes by up to 80 percent.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WebP vs AVIF: Which Image Format is Best for Your Website?</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/webp-vs-avif-web-performance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/webp-vs-avif-web-performance/</guid><description>Both WebP and AVIF beat JPEG on file size. But they are not the same. Here is a plain breakdown of when to use each one, based on your browser support requirements and compression goals.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Substack Newsletter Images: Width, Compression, and Why Huge Files Hurt Mobile Readers</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/substack-newsletter-image-size-compression/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/substack-newsletter-image-size-compression/</guid><description>Substack rewards readable posts. Learn sensible image widths, how heavy embeds feel on mobile data, and how to compress locally in the browser before you hit publish.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Travel Blog Image Weight: Why Full-Resolution Galleries Cost You Mobile Readers</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/travel-blog-image-weight-mobile-readers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/travel-blog-image-weight-mobile-readers/</guid><description>Readers on trains and roaming data abandon heavy galleries. Resize hero and inline images, prefer WebP or AVIF, and compress locally in the browser before you publish.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI-Generated Images for the Web: Sensible Export Sizes Before You Lose Detail</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/ai-generated-images-web-export-sizes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/ai-generated-images-web-export-sizes/</guid><description>AI renders tempt huge exports. Learn how to pick pixel widths for heroes and cards, when upscaling wastes bytes, and how to compress WebP or AVIF locally in your browser.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Core Web Vitals LCP: How Hero Image Width and Weight Slow Real Pages (and What to Change First)</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/core-web-vitals-lcp-hero-image-weight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/core-web-vitals-lcp-hero-image-weight/</guid><description>LCP often is an image problem. Learn how intrinsic pixels, responsive markup, and kilobytes interact, then fix the hero with sizing, formats, and honest compression tradeoffs.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Business Profile Photos: Logo, Cover, and Team Shots Without Blurry Upscaling Mistakes</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/google-business-profile-photo-sizes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/google-business-profile-photo-sizes/</guid><description>Google Business Profile images represent your shop in Maps and Search. Upload sharp masters at sensible pixels, avoid upscaling, and compress JPEG locally before you publish.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PNG vs JPEG for Website Screenshots: When Transparency Matters and When It Wastes Bandwidth</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/png-vs-jpeg-website-screenshots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/png-vs-jpeg-website-screenshots/</guid><description>Screenshots are not all the same: UI chrome needs crisp edges, photos do not. Choose PNG, JPEG, or WebP with a simple decision framework and lighter blog delivery habits.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Forms and School Portals: How to Shrink a Photo Upload When the Limit Is Unclear</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/google-forms-shrink-photo-upload/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/google-forms-shrink-photo-upload/</guid><description>Forms often say upload failed without naming KB limits. Resize first, compress JPEG with judgement, and keep student and ID photos local in the browser with Pixscaler Web Workers.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Sanity-Check WebP and AVIF Output in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox Before You Publish</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/test-webp-avif-safari-chrome-firefox/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/test-webp-avif-safari-chrome-firefox/</guid><description>Next-gen formats save bytes, but previews lie. Test decode, transparency, and colour in real browsers on desktop and mobile before you flip production defaults.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Image Dimensions for Open Graph and Twitter Cards: One Reference for Less Broken Previews</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/open-graph-twitter-card-image-dimensions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/open-graph-twitter-card-image-dimensions/</guid><description>og:image and Twitter summary cards want a wide frame. Learn the common 1200x630 target, safe margins, file size habits, and local JPEG or WebP prep before deploy.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why &quot;Free Online Image Compressors&quot; Can Be a Privacy Risk (and Safer Client-Side Habits)</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/online-image-compressors-privacy-risk-client-side/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/online-image-compressors-privacy-risk-client-side/</guid><description>Many free compressors upload your file to a server by design. Learn what to look for, why client-side Web Workers matter, and habits that keep contracts and IDs off unknown infrastructure.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WhatsApp Profile and Status Photos: What Gets Cropped and How to Pre-Frame Faces Safely</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/whatsapp-profile-status-photo-crop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/whatsapp-profile-status-photo-crop/</guid><description>WhatsApp uses circular profile crops and tall status frames. Learn safe margins, export sizes, and local resizing habits without uploading private photos to unknown servers.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Batch Resize Etsy Listing Photos in Your Browser: One Workflow for Consistent Shop Thumbnails</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/batch-resize-etsy-photos-browser-workflow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/batch-resize-etsy-photos-browser-workflow/</guid><description>Etsy shoppers skim grids. Match aspect ratios, keep bytes sensible, and batch prep listing photos locally with Web Workers so prototypes and pack shots never hit unknown servers.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Favicon and Apple Touch Icon Sizes in One Checklist (2026)</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/favicon-apple-touch-icon-sizes-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/favicon-apple-touch-icon-sizes-2026/</guid><description>Modern browsers request many icon sizes. Learn what to export, what you can skip, and how to keep crisp masters without shipping huge PNGs from your static site root.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>From 4K to Docs: How to Downscale Screenshots for GitHub, Notion, and README Files</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/downscale-4k-screenshots-github-notion-readme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/downscale-4k-screenshots-github-notion-readme/</guid><description>4K screenshots bloat repos and slow Notion. Learn sane widths for docs, when PNG beats JPEG, and how to batch downscale locally in the browser with Pixscaler Web Workers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shopify Product Image Size in 2026: JPEG vs WebP vs AVIF for Speed and Zoom</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/shopify-product-image-size-webp-avif-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/shopify-product-image-size-webp-avif-2026/</guid><description>Shopify product zoom wants pixels, mobile shoppers want kilobytes. Balance 2048 square masters, WebP delivery, and honest AVIF tradeoffs without slowing your store.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JPEG Quality 80 vs 70: What You Actually Notice on a Retina Phone Screen</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/jpeg-quality-80-vs-70-retina-phones/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/jpeg-quality-80-vs-70-retina-phones/</guid><description>Quality sliders are not universal. Compare JPEG 80 and 70 on real photos, UI screenshots, and skin tones on a retina phone before you pick defaults for web and social.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LinkedIn Document and Image Posts: Practical Pixel Sizes That Stop Awkward Cropping</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/linkedin-document-image-post-sizes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/linkedin-document-image-post-sizes/</guid><description>LinkedIn crops feeds and document viewers differently. Export with safe margins, sensible JPEG quality, and predictable widths using presets like the LinkedIn post image size guide.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Email Image Attachments That Still Open on Outlook: Sizes, Formats, and Safe Defaults</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/email-outlook-image-attachments-sizes-formats/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/email-outlook-image-attachments-sizes-formats/</guid><description>Outlook still shapes corporate inboxes. Keep JPEG attachments modest, avoid huge PNGs, and resize locally in the browser before you hit send on hotel Wi-Fi.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Resize WordPress Featured Images Without a Plugin (Exact Pixels and Smaller Files)</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/wordpress-featured-images-without-plugin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/wordpress-featured-images-without-plugin/</guid><description>Prepare WordPress featured images at the right pixels and weight without another plugin: export rules, responsive crops, and local compression with Web Workers in Pixscaler.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Passport Photo Rejected for File Size or Dimensions: How to Fix Common Portal Errors</title><link>https://pixscaler.com/blog/passport-photo-rejected-file-size-dimensions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pixscaler.com/blog/passport-photo-rejected-file-size-dimensions/</guid><description>Portal rejections usually mean pixels, ratio, or kilobytes. Learn how to read vague errors, resize safely, and compress JPEG locally without uploading scans to unknown servers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>