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Delivering Fast and Beautiful Images &
Video
Doug Sillars
@DougSillars
VoxxedDays Buchares
March 22, 2019
Contact Me:
@DougSillars
Doug.Sillars@gmail.com
www.dougsillars.com
Doug Sillars
Freelance Developer Relations
Performance Audits: Web/Native
Workshops:
Performance/Images/Video
http://bit.ly/HighPerformanceAndroidApps
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Standing in Line Standing on the
edge of a virtual
cliff
Experiencing
Mobile Delays
Solving a Math
Problem
https://www.ericsson.com/res/docs/2016/mobility-report/emr-feb-2016-the-stress-of-steaming-delays.pdf
Stress
Large Downloads Induce Delays in Rendering
3s: 53% of Users Abandon Mobile Sites
500ms: 26% Frustration
8% Engagement
100ms: 1% Revenue Walmart & Amazon (Desktop 2001)
4% Mobile Users Throw Their Phones
https://www.doubleclickbygoogle.com/articles/mobile-speed-matters
http://bit.ly/mobileWebStress
http://www.globaldots.com/how-website-speed-affects-conversion-rates/
https://www.mobilejoomla.com/blog/172-responsive-design-vs-server-side-solutions-infographic.html
Images & Video make up 75% of Web Content
HTTPArchive mobile websites 15/02/18
7.9 MB
3.5 MB
4 Simple Image Optimizations
4 Simple Image Optimizations
1. Quality
2. Format
3. Sizing
4. Lazy Loading
4 Simple Image Optimizations
1. Quality
2. Format
3. Sizing
4. Lazy Loading
4 Simple Image Optimizations
Httparchive.org Webpagetest.org
4 Simple Image Optimizations
1. Quality
2. Format
3. Sizing
4. Lazy Loading
Image Quality
magick -quality 85 riga.jpg riga85.jpg
http://res.cloudinary.com/dougsillars/image/upload/q_85/v1520504964/IMG_20180301_114117_tzasan.jpg
Lighthouse:
Recommends 85% quality on all images
https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/OptimizeImages
100%
3.6 MB
http://res.cloudinary.com/dougsillars/image/upload/v1529005982/IMG_20180614_184507_ssuk1i.jpg
85%
1.87 MB
q_85
http://res.cloudinary.com/dougsillars/image/upload/q_85/v1529005982/IMG_20180614_184507_ssuk1i.jpg
Image Quality Use “In The Wild”
500,000 mobile sites
Analyzed 3/15/18
Image Quality Use “In The Wild”
Median Savings (50th percentile):
• 2.83 seconds faster page load
• 419KB less data
50%
914 KB
q_50
http://res.cloudinary.com/dougsillars/image/upload/q_50/v1529005982/IMG_20180614_184507_ssuk1i.jpg
20%
513 KB
q_20
http://res.cloudinary.com/dougsillars/image/upload/q_20/v1529005982/IMG_20180614_184507_ssuk1i.jpg
Graphing the Results
https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/OptimizeImages
Graphing the Results
https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/OptimizeImages
Automate Quality vs. File Size
• Butteraugli
• SSIM: Structural SIMilarity
https://github.com/technopagan/cjpeg-dssim
cjpeg-dssim jpegoptim riga.jpg
http://res.cloudinary.com/dougsillars/image/upload/q_auto/v1529005982/IMG_20180614_184507_ssuk1i.jpg
SSIM
1.46 MB
http://res.cloudinary.com/dougsillars/image/upload/q_auto/v1529005982/IMG_20180614_184507_ssuk1i.jpg
Graphing the Results
https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/OptimizeImages
Results:
• Test Load on Motorola G4:
4 Simple Image Optimizations
1. Quality
2. Format
3. Sizing
4. Lazy Loading
Image Formats – Average Size
HTTPArchive mobile websites 15/02/18
Image Formats – Average Size
HTTPArchive mobile websites 15/02/18
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
Images drawn as shapes
infinitely scalable
XML - Can be added inline to HTML document
https://gist.github.com/hail2u/2884613?short_path=66a60ff
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
Images drawn as shapes
infinitely scalable
XML - Can be added inline to HTML document
https://gist.github.com/hail2u/2884613?short_path=66a60ff
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
KB
Original 946
Optimized 1
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
KB
Original 946
Optimized 1
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
KB
Original 946
Optimized 1
GZip 687 bytes
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
KB
Original 946
Optimized 1
GZip 687 bytes
Brotli 525 bytes
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
KB
Original 946
Optimized 1
GZip 687 bytes
Brotli 525 bytes
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
<style >
.svgorange {
filter: invert(.5) sepia(1)
saturate(5) hue-rotate(5deg);
}
</style>
<img class="svgorange" src ="map-
marker-circle.svg">
https://medium.com/@union_io/swapping-fill-color-on-image-tag-svgs-using-css-filters-fa4818bf7ec6
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
Image Formats – Average Size
HTTPArchive mobile websites 15/02/18
File Format: WebP
https://caniuse.com/#feat=webp
SSIM + WebP
986 KB
http://res.cloudinary.com/dougsillars/image/upload/q_auto,f_auto/v1529005982/IMG_20180614_184507_
File Format: Web
<picture>
<source width = "100%" type="image/webp" srcset=”riga.webp">
<img width = "100%" src=”riga_cjpeg_dssim.jpg"
alt=”Riga, Latvia">
</picture>
Image Format Use “In The Wild”
500,000 mobile sites
Analyzed 3/15/18
Image Format Use “In The Wild”
500,000 mobile sites
Analyzed 3/15/18
4 Simple Image Optimizations
1. Quality
2. Format
3. Sizing
4. Lazy Loading
Image Sizing
-
Image Sizing
Image Sizing
-
Image Sizing
624
832
-
Image Sizing
624
832
12,979,000 pixels
519,000 pixels
_________________
-
12,460,000 pixels
Image Sizing
624
832
12,979,000 pixels
519,000 pixels
_________________
-
12,460,000 pixels
Image Processing
1M
pixels
Download (s) Image Decode
(ms)
Desktop 14 78
Moto G4 14.2 218
Alcatel 1X 14.2 820
Image Sizing
https://twitter.com/paulcalvano/status/928751141843808256
Image Sizing
-
Responsive Images:
Generate a set of images
25 KB difference in size
Responsive Images
624
832
625,000 pixels
-
106,000 pixels
519,000 pixels
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Responsive Breakpoint Generation
https://github.com/cloudinary/responsive_breakpoints_generator
http://www.responsivebreakpoints.com/
Responsive Images
Responsive Images
Responsive Images Use “In The Wild”
500,000 mobile sites
Analyzed 3/15/18
Responsive Images Use “In The Wild”
442,000 mobile sites
Analyzed 3/15/18
4 Simple Image Optimizations
1. Quality
2. Format
3. Sizing
4. Lazy Loading
Lazy Load
https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2017/progressive-image-loading-using-intersection-observer-and-sqip/
Lazy Load
https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2017/progressive-image-loading-using-intersection-observer-and-sqip/
Lazy Loading Use “In The Wild”
442,000 mobile sites
Analyzed 3/15/18
Lazy Loading Use “In The Wild”
442,000 mobile sites
Analyzed 3/15/18
Preview Images
Optimizing Content Delivery
Preview Images
https://github.com/technopagan/sqip
Lazy Loading: Experiments
Lazy Loading: Chrome Experiments
Lazy Loading: Chrome Experiments
Animated GIFs
Original MP4
1.4 MB
Animated GIFs
Animated GIFs
Animated GIF
3.8 MB
270% larger
Animated GIFs
“The Graphics Interchange Format is not
intended as a platform for animation, even
though it can be done in a limited way.”
-GIF89a Specification
https://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt
Animated GIFs
Animated GIFs
MP4: 256 colors
247KB
93% smaller
Animated GIFs: Social Media
Animated GIFs: Social Media
#FAKENEWS
Animated GIFs: Social Media
Animated GIFs: as Video!
Video Tags:
<video loop autoplay muted playsinline controls = "false” src="goats.mp4”/>
Img tags are fast!
<picture>
<source type="video/mp4" srcset=”goats.mp4">
<source type="image/webp" srcset=”goats.webp">
<img src=”goats.gif">
</picture>
https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2017/animated-gif-without-the-gif/
Animated GIFs
Video Startup
Conviva creen_Streaming_TV_Census_Report_FINAL.pdf
Q3 2018: Video Startup
Video Fails To Start
Video Startup Failure
Video Startup
Conviva creen_Streaming_TV_Census_Report_FINAL.pdf
Q3 2018: Video Startup
Mobile: 3.47s startup time
Desktop: 6.29s startup time
Video Startup Delay
After 2 seconds,
every additional
second corresponds
to 5.8% increase in
abandonment
https://www.akamai.com/kr/ko/multimedia/documents/technical-publication/video-stream-quality-impacts-viewer-behavior-inferring-causality-using-quasi-experimental-designs-technical-publication.pdf
Video Startup Delay
https://www.akamai.com/kr/ko/multimedia/documents/technical-publication/video-stream-quality-impacts-viewer-behavior-inferring-causality-using-quasi-experimental-designs-technical-publication.pdf
Video: Don’t Download More on Mobile
Desktop Mobile
Video: Don’t Download More on Mobile
Desktop Mobile
@media only screen and (min-width:1024px)
Don’t Download Video That Is Not Displayed
Video
Preload = “auto”
Only use with high probability video views!
Video Preload
• preload = “metadata”
• Only downloads first x% of the video
Background Video
Video Background
Video (as Downloaded): 5.3 MB
Video 5 MB
Audio 250 KB 5% of file
Best Practice:
To save bandwidth, remove the audio stream from videos that
are played silently.
Video Background: Mobile
Best Practice:
If Viewport will not support Video…
Don’t Download it
Background Video
Video Background
Video Background
33.6 MB
27s
2560 x 1226
10 MBPS
Video Background
Best Practice:
Resize Video to reasonable size.
33.6 MB
27s
2560 x 1226
10 MBPS