PicShift Docs and Guides
Explore practical guides for private image processing, format decisions, and compression quality.
Why I Built PicShift
Why PicShift exists: local-only processing, privacy constraints, multi-format comparison workflow, and continuous iteration.
Privacy and Local Processing
How PicShift keeps image processing on-device and what data is or is not used.
Format Compatibility Guide
A practical compatibility matrix for JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC/HEIF, and AVIF.
Image Quality vs File Size
How to pick quality settings for the best trade-off between visual clarity and size.
Why Output Size Can Increase
How PicShift estimates deep compression and computes B/pixel in size-increase explanations.
Last updated: 2026-03-07