Articles by David Chen

Image & Design Specialist

Image & Design Specialist

David is a designer who specialises in image formats, compression and web performance. He helps readers pick the right format for every job.

Go beyond compression with the full image-performance checklist.

A full image toolkit that runs on your device instead of a server.

Understand which conversions keep every pixel and which quietly discard detail.

Finally understand what every image format is actually for.

Keep PNG transparency but ditch the heavy file size.

Match the right format to each image and your site loads faster and looks sharper.

Make small images bigger without the usual blur and pixelation.

Get a crisp, full-colour still image out of a limited GIF.

Those giant old BMP files can shrink by 90% or more with one conversion.

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