If you want the highest quality for normal users, you would go with PNG or SVG.
While if you want the highest savings on space, you would go with something like JPEG or WebP basically.
What I am talking about is how challenging it is to upload PNG or SVG files without conversion.
I support Fediverse admins choosing to convert all the images and videos to a compressed formats for sure. But I always look for the best quality if available.
WebP supports lossless compression too, and is more efficient than PNG and JPEG. You can also set the image quality level in Lemmy’s server config, I have it set to 95% for example. I believe converting images to WebP (and compressing them slightly or losslessly) should be the default, and if anyone wants to upload the original file, they can go for a 3rd party image host and upload it (whether PNG, SVG, whatever) there. Or, if you’re sharing a webcomic for example, you can take the link to the original file from its website and paste it into Lemmy directly, thereby saving space on your instance.
Slightly unrelated, but I just wish JXL was more widely supported, it’s the best image format out there, the only thing holding it back is software refusing to support it. Both Chromium and Firefox have JXL support behind a flag in their advanced settings.
Let me put it this way:
If you want the highest quality for normal users, you would go with PNG or SVG.
While if you want the highest savings on space, you would go with something like JPEG or WebP basically.
What I am talking about is how challenging it is to upload PNG or SVG files without conversion.
I support Fediverse admins choosing to convert all the images and videos to a compressed formats for sure. But I always look for the best quality if available.
WebP supports lossless compression too, and is more efficient than PNG and JPEG. You can also set the image quality level in Lemmy’s server config, I have it set to 95% for example. I believe converting images to WebP (and compressing them slightly or losslessly) should be the default, and if anyone wants to upload the original file, they can go for a 3rd party image host and upload it (whether PNG, SVG, whatever) there. Or, if you’re sharing a webcomic for example, you can take the link to the original file from its website and paste it into Lemmy directly, thereby saving space on your instance.
Slightly unrelated, but I just wish JXL was more widely supported, it’s the best image format out there, the only thing holding it back is software refusing to support it. Both Chromium and Firefox have JXL support behind a flag in their advanced settings.
Yeah, I agree with your comment here.