File sizes

[Peter123]

Hi
I'm in need of help.
A client has a site with wordpress that they are trying to optimise for google searches.
They say that google flags up every time that my images are too large and can be optimised by reducing them by x percentage.
My question is how to reduce them?

When saving to jpeg LR gives me options to set

1. Quality/alt file size
2. Image sizing (re-size to fit (dimensions etc) and
3. pixels per inch (I usually set 72)
4. Screen sharpen

I've submitted various trial images with different settings but the client is saying they are still a long way off google optimisation, anywhere between 40 and 60% further reduction. The problem is the client wants them to look reasonably good. i.e. image not degraded too much.

Any suggestions?

 

[rjbell]

I don't have lr but can't you specify the pixels when downsizing? Try 1000 px on the long side.

 

[BrynBoru]

I have LR and I recently submitted to a website military museum which had a specific size requirement (curiously 941 x 372 px). As best I can remember, I set the required image dimensions, the quality at 80%, (no setting on limit file size), resolution 72 ppi ( apparently not so important as the viewer's monitor will determine the resolution), sRGB colour space and standard screen sharpening. Looking at their web site, it looks fine on a standard screen. Of course that may not suit your client, but it seems to have made them more than happy.

PS I think you mean "when exporting", not "when saving", as you don't "save" images in LR.

 

[Harlequin565]

What size do they want them at? Is it image size (in pixels) or file size?

I would start with setting the export to be 1000px on the longest edge and max file quality. This should reduce the overall size down to hundreds of Kb. Ignore dpi/ppi as it's not used when you specify pixel dimensions. I'd also ignore screen sharpen unless you want to test with/without. I've found my web jpegs look awful with screen sharpening on. That's my eyes though.

Something like this..

What's the display medium? Is it a website to be shown on pc screens/ipads etc? If so, then the above is fine. If it's for 4k screens or something really high resolution, or people can click the image to fill their screens to examine detail you may want to go up to 2000px or higher.

I'd start with 1000px and go from there.

 

[sk66]

Google flags images that are larger than the size displayed on the web page... if an image is going to be used at 1024px long edge, that's the size it should be.

 

[Peter123]

Thanks for all the responses.
I upload to Dropbox and then the client picks an image from the "stock".
They are are related to news events so iPad and mobile phone viewing are most relevant.
We have tried various combinations and google says they can be x% optimised. It does not give any more information.
some progress has been made by limiting file size to 100k or less.

 

[f/1.2]

Try jpeg mini google will also allow you to download optimised versions of the files to reupload to the site