Compression
Forty product photos should not meet a sign-up wall
A folder of product photos stays free: no account and no usage cap. Batch only the files that need the same treatment.
Forty product photos should not meet a sign-up wall on photo twelve. Image8K is a free toolbox: no account, no usage meter, and the folder stays in the browser. The promise is the absence of a counter, not a bigger editor.
What “free forever” has to mean here
A tool that is free until the third export is a meter with a friendly label. Image8K does not ask for an email, a phone number, or a card before the download. Compress, convert, resize, and watermark can take a stack. There is no mid-folder checkout.
That is the point of this page. If you only need one listing shot with a kitchen behind it, a single-photo cutout is a different job. This one is the folder.
A folder that all wants the same thing
- Put only the files that share one treatment in the selection. Mixed jobs — one HEIC, one screenshot to redact, one ID crop — do not belong in one batch.
- Compress toward the portal’s number when it named one. Quality and a target size are different levers.
- If the phone files are still HEIC, convert them before you send. Someone who cannot open HEIC is not “a slow computer.”
- Resize when the marketplace wants one pixel size, not when you merely wanted a smaller file. Those are different complaints.
Download per file or as a zip. The originals are not stored on an Image8K server. Keep each file at or under 20MB.
The workspace is a sidebar, not a meter
All fifteen tools also sit on one workspace page, with a sidebar to jump. Use that when the next photo needs a different tool and you do not want to hunt the home list. It does not add a quota. It does not create an account.
Cutout, crop, color pick, filters, and redact stay one image. Do not drop the forty-file folder on those and expect a zip to think.
What this is not
It is not a place that stores the shoot. Close the tab and the pixels are gone from the page; they were never ours. It is not a substitute for a studio color grade. Brightness, contrast, and a preset live on filters, one photo at a time, still with no sign-up.
If the portal still rejects file seven, change that file’s target. Do not create an account to “unlock” the rest. There is nothing to unlock.
FAQ
Do I need an account to batch more than a few photos?
No. Image8K does not put a usage meter or a checkout in the middle of a folder.
Are the originals stored?
No. Reading and export stay in the browser. Closing the tab drops the pixels from the page.
Can I batch a cutout, a redact, and a compress together?
No. Batch is for one shared treatment. Cutout, crop, and redact stay one image.