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Zamzar has converted and compressed over 510 million files since 2006
Resize to different file sizes
You can use Zamzar to process a wide range of different files - just click on a format to get started:
Why resize your image to 500kb
Modern cameras and smartphones capture images at resolutions that often create unnecessarily large files for everyday use. These oversized images can exceed email attachment limits, fail to upload on web platforms with file restrictions, and slow down website performance significantly. They also consume storage space rapidly, making cloud backups more expensive and file transfers between team members slower. When you're working with multiple high-resolution images, these file size issues can seriously impact your productivity.
Resizing images to 500KB provides an excellent balance between maintaining high visual quality and ensuring practical usability. You'll preserve crisp details and sharp resolution whilst avoiding the problems that come with excessively large files. This size is particularly useful for professional photographers delivering client proofs online, graphic designers submitting portfolio pieces to creative agencies, product photographers preparing catalogue images for e-commerce platforms, or interior designers sharing room visualisations with clients. Academic researchers often resize detailed charts and images to 500KB for journal submissions with specific file requirements, and real estate agents use this size for premium property listings that need to showcase spaces in high quality without causing slow page loads.
With Zamzar's online image resizer, you can quickly compress and resize your images to 500KB. Upload your file, and we'll optimise it to your target size for immediate download and use.
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Converting a file is as easy as three clicks of a button - one click to upload your file, another to select the new file format and the final one to make the magic happen!
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We pride ourselves on being the best online file-conversion site there is, and because we’ve got over 15 years of experience, we’re confident we know what our customers need.
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Zamzar has been in existence now for over ten years, and so we’ve been able to improve and refine our file conversions to ensure they're of the highest standard.