Reducing Size Tut For CS2 (very simple)

[navyplaya]

K, well I noticed there was now a sticky on size reducing and I posted this awhile ago but it was never added to the tut list, so maybe it will be now? (I even pmed a mod and they didn't add it)

 

 

 

Anyways enjoy, I hope it helps, its easy, but alot of people don't know about it.

 

 

 

Lowering file size without drastically lowering quality

 

Using Photoshop CS2

 

 

 

(this tut assumes you know the very basics of photoshop)

 

 

 

1.Open the file into photoshop

 

IÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢m going to use this sig that I made for Booduz (its 51k)

 

 

 

 

2. Now go to File> Save for Web and it will bring up this box:

 

 

 

 

3. Now extend the quality box and move the slider bar (highlighted in red) until the file size (highlighted in green) suits your taste:

 

 

 

 

3.b. Or instead of adjusting the file size by the quality bar, you can click on the arrow (highlighted in yellow) and click 'Optimize to File Size', you can then set the file size you want the image to be:

 

 

 

 

4. Continue saving, by clicking save and naming your file.

 

 

 

5. ThatÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s it, youÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢re done, and yes it was THAT easy!

 

 

 

Finished Product:

 

Original (51k): Reduced file: (29k)

 

 

There was practically no quality loss.

 

 

 

And it can go even lower that that with barely any quality loss, here the sig is at 20kb:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heres another example that i resized for bam:

 

Original

 

 

 

 

(30kb)

 

 

 

 

(14kb!!)

 

[Lil_Atza]

Nice tut. I use Paint.net though. I was just asking do you know how to resize an animation

[navyplaya]

Nice tut. I use Paint.net though. I was just asking do you know how to resize an animation

 

 

 

Using what program for the animation? If its anything other than Imageready orPhotoshop, I can't help, sorry.

[Lil_Atza]

Oh, for the animations i use Unfreez

[navyplaya]

Anybody find the tut helpful???

[Pink]

Aaah I figured it out.

 

It always blurs my stuff too much for my tastes though :wall:

[navyplaya]

Aaah I figured it out.

 

It always blurs my stuff too much for my tastes though :wall:

 

Maybe your lowering the file size to much? Try lowering it right to 30kb.

[Pink]

I do, but it sucks when my starting filesize is 100k+ and I have to drag it to like 50% just to get it down. But I also have Photoshop 7.0 and CS2 probably has a better file size reduction.