इमेज 100 KB में
Compress a photo or scan to 100 KB
Enough room for readable documents as well as a good-looking portrait.
Runs in your browser · nothing uploaded
How to use it
- 01Add a photo or a straight-on picture of a document.
- 02Keep the limit at 100 KB; the tool picks the best quality inside it.
- 03Zoom into the text in the result and download once it reads clearly.
3.4 MB photo of a signed page
92 KB JPG, about 800 × 400 px
About this tool
One hundred kilobytes is the first size where documents become practical. It can hold roughly half a megapixel at good quality, for instance 800 by 600 pixels, so a photographed form, a declaration written on paper, or an ID card can stay legible. Portraits look natural at this size, with smooth skin tones and no blocky edges.
Text is more demanding than faces. Thin pen strokes need to be several pixels wide to survive, so a page covered with small writing may need the whole 100 KB at a width of about 1,000 pixels. Short declarations and large letters do better than dense paragraphs.
The image is first scaled to at most 2,400 pixels on its long side, then the tool looks for the highest JPEG quality that stays under 100,000 bytes. If the quality needed would fall below about 40 percent it shrinks the picture by a fifth and tries again, so text lines stay sharper than a smeared full-size image.
Photographing a document so it compresses well
Place the paper flat on a dark table, stand directly above it and avoid shadows from your phone or hand. Fill the frame with the page and crop away the table. A straight, evenly lit page has large areas of plain white, and those cost almost nothing, leaving most of the 100 KB for the writing.
Black and white scans compress well, but this tool outputs colour JPG, so a white page with a black pen is already as cheap as it gets. Coloured paper, stamps and watermarks use extra bytes.
When the text goes soft
If lines look fuzzy, write larger or use a thicker pen and capture again. You can also split the content into two images when the form allows multiple uploads. For multi-page documents that must be one file, a PDF with a size limit is the better route, so build one from images and compress it with the PDF tool.
Common uses
- Handwritten declaration or consent images on application forms
- KYC and ID proofs photographed as a single image
- Job portal photo fields with a generous cap
- University admission forms asking for a scanned marksheet snapshot
हिंदी में मदद
100 KB में डॉक्यूमेंट की फ़ोटो भी पढ़ने लायक़ रहती है। काग़ज़ को सीधा रखकर, बिना परछाईं के फ़ोटो लें और पन्ने को पूरा फ़्रेम में क्रॉप करें। छोटे अक्षरों वाले कई पन्नों के लिए बेहतर है कि उन्हें PDF बनाकर कम्प्रेस करें।
Questions
Will the handwriting stay readable at 100 KB?
Normal-sized handwriting on a plain page generally does, if the photo is straight and evenly lit. Very small writing may need a larger limit.
Can I compress a photo of an ID card to 100 KB?
A photo of a card fits easily. Crop it to the card so the 100 KB is spent on the card and not the table around it.
What is the difference between this and the 200 KB page?
At 100 KB text is readable but fine print can soften. 200 KB roughly doubles the budget, which helps with dense documents.
Can a screenshot be compressed to 100 KB?
Yes. Screenshots with flat colours and text compress well, though PNG screenshots become JPG, which can add faint blur around sharp edges.