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How to Compress Images Without Visible Quality Loss (JPEG vs WebP vs AVIF)

MozJPEG, WebP, and AVIF can shrink photos 40–70% with no visible loss. Here's how to pick a codec and quality in the browser.

Compression runs locally via Zro7 Compress Image using Squoosh codecs compiled to WebAssembly. Nothing is uploaded.

To compress an image without visible quality loss, use Zro7 Compress Image: pick AVIF at quality 60, WebP at quality 75, or MozJPEG at quality 80. All three typically shrink a photo 40–70% while staying visually identical to the original. Everything runs in your browser via the same Squoosh codecs Google publishes.

Which codec should you actually use?

  • AVIF — smallest files, best quality-per-byte in 2026. Universal browser support. Slower to encode. Use when file size matters most.
  • WebP — 25–35% smaller than JPEG at matching quality, fast to encode, universally supported. Great default for the web.
  • MozJPEG — a smarter JPEG encoder. Use when you need JPEG for compatibility (email attachments, older CMSes, print pipelines) but want it small.

Quality settings that look identical

For photographic content, humans stop noticing artifacts above roughly: MozJPEG 80, WebP 75, AVIF 60. Below those, banding and blocky skies appear. For screenshots and diagrams, prefer PNG or WebP-lossless — JPEG family codecs blur crisp edges.

Steps

  1. Open Compress Image.
  2. Drop one image or a batch.
  3. Choose codec (AVIF / WebP / MozJPEG) and quality.
  4. Preview the before/after size and download.

Why this is faster than TinyPNG

TinyPNG uploads, encodes on their servers, then downloads. On a slow connection that's 3–4 seconds of round-trip per image. Zro7 skips the round trip entirely — a 5 MB photo re-encoded to AVIF locally is done in under a second on a modern laptop, and 20 photos in parallel don't touch anyone's bandwidth quota.

Frequently asked questions

Will my EXIF metadata survive compression?

By default Zro7 strips EXIF (privacy + smaller files). Toggle it back on if you need GPS or camera settings preserved.

Is AVIF really universally supported?

As of 2026, yes — Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari all decode AVIF. Encoding is slower than WebP but produces smaller files.

Does re-encoding twice hurt quality?

Yes, slightly. Always compress from the original, not from an already-compressed copy.

Can I batch compress a folder?

Yes. Drop many files at once; each is encoded in a worker thread.

Does anything go to a server?

No. Squoosh's MozJPEG, WebP, and AVIF encoders are WebAssembly modules that run entirely in your tab.

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