Discord Image Compression

Discord Image Compression FAQ

Does discord compress photos?

Discord does compress images and videos that you send privately or in a discord server. There is more to the story though because Discord’s compression is very light and it is a good option to not lose a lot of quality in the photos you send through Discord. How much quality is lost when you send a photo over discord?

Does discdiscords photo compression algorithm work?

Discord’s photo compression algorithm is close to lossless for regular and even large photos. So let’s test out the photo compression on discord by sending and receiving an image. This is a 4k image that is 6985 x 2580 pixels. This is a large enough photo that will show how much is lost in the discord compression system.

How to compress image files?

You can drag and drop your images or select images and compress quickly. Also, you can apply available settings on compressing image files. After the initial file upload, there is also an option available to add more image files. So, you can also add more image files and compress them. We ensure that your Images are very secure.

Why does discord say my files are too powerful?

For anyone that has tried uploading a video on Discord, you've probably run across the "your files are too powerful" error message. This happens when uploading a file over 8 MB (8 megabytes) in size -- which happens most often with video files due to the nature of online video.