What’s Progressive Image?
Progressive Image is part of Lossless Image Optimization. Standard JPEGs are a baseline. So, it loads from top to bottom. While progressive images load from low quality to high in several passes.
Baseline JPEGs vs Progressive JPEGs Image
(video by cloudinary)
Generates Progressive JPEGs Image with Photoshop
- Open Image to Photoshop

2. Open Image to Photoshop and Go to File -> Save for Web

3. Select image type to JPEGs

4. Check progressive options from the image type menu and save it’s.

Benefits of Progressive Images
- Reduce page load time: Progressive images is part of image optimization. Google Page Speed, GTmatrix, and other tools are recommended a progressive.
- Reduce bandwidth cost: We can reduce bandwidth with lazy load and progressive based on web scroll.
- Improve UX: While the image is loading meanwhile the user can read relevant content. The image load with default width and height.
- Improve First Contentful Paint Times: Progressive image helps to reduce first contentful paint marks the time at which the first text or image is painted.
- Improve Time to Interactive: Time to interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive.
