How to best optimize images for your Webflow projects: a practical guide
As an avid web designer and webflow user, you certainly know how important it is to optimize images for the web. In this post, I'll show you how to export images from Figma as WebP files for your Webflow projects.
Step 1: Using the “Tiny Image Compressor” Plugin for Figma
I'm using the free Figma plugin Tiny Image Compressor to export images from Figma as WebP. After you've installed this plugin in Figma, you can start optimizing your images right away. In my example, I'm using a few Interrior images, which are quite large in their original size.
Step 2: Prepare the images in Figma
To prepare the images, simply paste them into a frame. This allows you to edit the image in the desired size and in the appropriate section. Scale and crop your image to suit your website.
Why WebP is superior to JPG and PNG
WebP is an image format developed by Google that offers more efficient compression than JPG and PNG. This results in smaller file sizes with comparable or better image quality. This results in faster web page load times, which improves both user experience and SEO. WebP supports lossy and lossless compression and provides transparency like PNG, but with a more efficient file size. These features make WebP the ideal choice for modern web design.
