# Image compression and resizing

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-compression-and-resizing/32614>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 27, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-compression-and-resizing/32614 "2015-08-27T21:06:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![charleswalter](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/charleswalter/32/116433_2.png) [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-compression-and-resizing/32614/6 "2015-08-27T22:56:40Z")

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OH! I didn’t realize that there were two images saved for each photo. Sorry about that @codinghorror, complete misunderstanding on my part. In that case, I’m going to bring my photo size down to 512KB. That’s still 5x of what FB or Twitter offer. I think it will be helpful in the long run.

Let’s see how this goes.

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