Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts

date posted 1st March 2005 14:45

Opps. I'm trying too hard to be a smart Alec.

Well it does depend and a lot of elements how much image information,
range of colours and required size. Depending on your required quality
you could blur it a bit or use the 'Save for Web..' option box which
selectively blur if you use an alpha channel. Also turn off Progressive
and ICC profile this saves a bit of space.

All the other ideas about Gif etc. are great as well. Experimenting
with different dither and limited color pallet help as well.

I wonder if Fireworks will give a better result.


I'll read the post better, before throwing my oar in.

Del


On Tuesday, March 1, 2005, at 09:26 am, Dan Norcott wrote:

>
> Derek wrote:
>> Hi Warwick,
>> Ah, this old problem. If you want to make small graphics for the web
>> or screen use, you should use the 'Save for Web...' command instead
>> of the 'Save as' command. This will give you more options for quality
>> and color (US spelling) pallets etc. and of course the handy multiple
>> view with a your final file size before you save.
>> Why use this option 'Save for Web...' instead of just 'Save as'?
>> Well Photoshop is or has been primary a high-res image editor and the
>> 'Save as' JPEG file should be seen as a Photoshop JPEG because it
>> also contains in the file loads of code (ICC color profiles etc.)
>> that the web doesn't need.
>> Sorry I'm going to stop here, because I could waffle on and on. I
>> boring myself now.
>> Del
>
> He did say:
>
>> Then if I go Save for Web, it says the filesize is too big for this
>> function!
>
> though :)
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