The Lumiveil Blog

Practical guides on image formats, compression and privacy — so your images look great, load fast, and stay yours.

For sellers

Free product photo tools for e-commerce (no uploads)

Remove backgrounds, resize to Amazon/Etsy/eBay/Shopify specs and compress product photos — all privately in your browser. Marketplace size table included.

For e-commerce · Updated August 2026
Guide

Social media image sizes (2026): Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok

The right dimensions for every platform — plus a free, private tool to resize your photos in seconds.

For everyone · Updated August 2026
Privacy

The photo privacy checklist (2026)

How to share photos without leaking EXIF, GPS or personal details — free, private tools included.

5 min read · Updated August 2026
For site owners

Free embeddable image compressor widget

Add a private, no-API-key image compressor to your site in one line of code.

For developers & bloggers
Comparison

Lumiveil vs remove.bg — the free, private, no-upload alternative

remove.bg uploads your image and charges for HD. Lumiveil removes backgrounds locally — free, private, unlimited.

4 min read · Updated August 2026
Tool

PNG to JPG converter (free, no upload)

Turn a PNG into a smaller JPG in your browser. Steps, why, and what happens to transparency.

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Tool

JPG to WebP converter (free, no upload)

Shrink JPEGs by 25–35% with modern WebP — privately in your browser.

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Index

All 12 free image tools in one place

Compress, resize, convert, crop, rotate, effects, watermark, border, pixelate, round, remove background & strip EXIF.

Tools hub
Guide

How to optimize images for the web (2026 guide)

Images are the #1 cause of slow websites. Here's exactly how to compress, resize and format your images for fast pages, better SEO and happier visitors.

6 min read · Updated August 2026
Explainer

PNG vs WebP vs JPEG: which image format should you use?

Each format has a job it does best. A clear, practical breakdown with file-size examples and when to convert.

5 min read · Updated August 2026
Comparison

Lumiveil vs TinyPNG: the private, no-upload alternative

Both shrink images — but TinyPNG uploads yours to its servers. Here's the full feature-by-feature comparison.

4 min read · Updated August 2026
Tool

Compress images online — free & private

Shrink JPEG, PNG and WebP files in your browser. No uploads, no limits. Open the tool and a short how-to.

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