Image licensing explained without the legalese
All rights reserved, the six Creative Commons licenses, public domain, CC0, royalty-free, rights-managed and editorial-only, explained in plain language. Plus what...
Image Optimization
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How to embed copyright and contact details in your photos
Photo metadata has a private half you should strip and a public half you should fill in on purpose. Here are the IPTC and XMP fields that carry your name, credit...
The Complete Image Size Cheat Sheet for Every Platform (2026)
Every platform wants a slightly different size, and getting it wrong crops your face off or makes the image look soft. Instead of memorising a hundred numbers, here...
Viral AI Photo Trends Right Now (and the Exact Size to Post Each One)
Action figures, MS Paint doodles, 90s camcorder shots: the AI trends in everyone's feed this month, plus the exact size to export each so it posts sharp instead of...
How to Compress an Image to Under 100 KB (With Real Numbers)
Need an image under 100KB? Many websites, government portals, job applications, and school admissions require photos under 100KB — but a phone camera photo is...
What Is EXIF Data? A Photo Privacy Guide
Every photo contains hidden metadata. Learn what EXIF data is, what it reveals, why GPS location in photos is a serious privacy risk, and how to check and remove it.
Base64 Image Encoding: A Web Developer's Complete Guide
Learn how Base64 image encoding works, when to use data URIs in HTML and CSS, and when to stick with regular image files. Practical examples for web developers.
Image Optimization for E-Commerce: Boost Sales and Page Speed
Most stores are not choosing between image quality and page speed. They are serving a 3000px photo into an 800px slot and losing both. Here are the sizes, formats...