My header image, embedded as a png because of the transparency needed for it, at my site http://www.derekbeck.com/1775/ , is the largest thing being downloaded, at 197 kb. Any suggestions on shrinking its size considerably?
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My header image, embedded as a png because of the transparency needed for it, at my site http://www.derekbeck.com/1775/ , is the largest thing being downloaded, at 197 kb. Any suggestions on shrinking its size considerably?
You can’t really compress it too much- It’s a “confusing” image, as in, it’s not easy to compress in a lossless format because there’s no obvious patterns or clear rectangles of color. You COULD split it into about 3 images as it is sometimes a little faster to download that way. Regardless, 200kb isn’t that much these days, and it’s cached, so it’s not too much of a concern.