Compression

Since Lenses are designed to work on mobile devices, it is important that they are optimized to have a small footprint so that it can be downloaded quickly by users as well as run on a variety of devices.

In order to make it easier for you to pack richer content into your Lens, Lens Studio comes with a built-in compression system.

Texture Compression

When importing your assets into Lens Studio, Lens Studio automatically compresses 2D assets such as images and animated textures.

You can select the resource in the Asset Browser panel and modify it’s compression settings in the Inspector panel.

By default compression will be optimized for performance. This setting will help the Lens load faster as well as lower the RAM usage when possible.

You can change the level of compression that is performed on your asset by clicking on the Level dropdown.

You may also choose to optimize for size. This setting allows you to trade off the quality of the texture for a reduction in Lens size, which will enable the Lens to download faster.

Currently Texture Compression is available for PNGs and animated textures. In addition, small textures are skipped.

See more tip about optimizing your Lens in the optimization guide