Does Figma compress uploaded images?

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Figma doesn’t compress images smaller than 4096 px by the larger side. When you export the image from Figma, it won’t be the same image as it will be rasterized again, so the data might be slightly different while the look should be the same. You can also download the original in the Inspect panel, no need to export:

Exporting original GIFs

Developers can download any original image from Figma in the Inspect tab, in the table view. Simply click the file name link to download the original. [Inspect → Table view → Click image.png link to download the image] Regarding the GIF plugin, it’s great too if you want to modify a GIF in Figma. However it exports everything in 2x size, therefore if you want smaller size, you need to shrink the frame with the GIF image. P.S. I’m gonna move this topic to #product-questions as the solution ex…