Compress Image to 200KB (Quick Guide)
We tune JPEG quality to land near 200 KB directly in your browser—no uploads, no watermarks.
1) Core idea
Target size = 200 × 1024 bytes. A binary search over JPEG quality produces a blob close to 200 KB.
2) Flow
- Upload or drag & drop your image.
- Auto‑compress finds a quality for ~200 KB.
- Optionally preview and adjust with the quality slider.
- Download the JPEG output.
3) Sanity checks
- Very large or noisy photos may overshoot—resize slightly if needed.
- EXIF is stripped on export; pixel data remains unchanged besides compression.
- Non‑JPEG inputs are converted to JPEG; transparency is flattened.
4) Shortcuts
- Resize longest side to ~2200–2800 px to hit 200 KB comfortably.
- Reduce noise/grain before compressing for smaller sizes at better quality.
5) Pitfalls
- Large screenshots with tiny text can blur at low quality—prefer modest resizing.
- Re‑encoding the same JPEG repeatedly adds artifacts—start from the original file.
6) Micro examples
- Event poster 1500×2000 → typically 150–220 KB at medium quality.
- Phone photo 4032×3024 → likely needs resizing to fit under 200 KB.
7) Mini FAQ
- Precision? Commonly ~170–220 KB.
- Safe? Yes—runs locally, nothing is uploaded.
- Output? JPEG only.
8) Action tip
If quality looks too low at 200 KB, resize width/height by ~10–20% and retry auto‑compress.