navyplaya Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Posted this a while ago, thought I'd post it again to help some people out. Easy technique but not very many people know about this. Lowering file size without drastically lowering quality Using Photoshop (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!!) -All sigs by me.[My Gallery] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sct_snake Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Wow! Tyvm man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryomancer Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 May I note that the second example at the end, the first original image is 170kb, down to 14. Not bad, eh? Photoshop ftw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo_killer6 Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Nice this should help the people who don't already know how to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Yeah save for web is great, I use it all the time. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying_death_bombs55 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Can you change mine? http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4585/dragonal8.png When you mentioned the Dragon Plates I had a sudden vision of a load of gangsters running around in fancy dress yealling "Grim Reaper in da hood!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sct_snake Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Can you change mine? http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4585/dragonal8.png I did it on the sticky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uula Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Can this be done in The GIMP, at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThruItAll Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Sure. Everyone knows how to do that in GIMP. An option when you save it. danke Schon Sam!^^"Blood runs thicker, oh were thick as thieves you know"-Carl Barât Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaff2 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 yeah, very helpful, thats what i do, although, the odd time, its hardto get it 1980 Berlinetta with a 350, bored, mild cam, intake carb, headers, exhaust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navyplaya Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 yeah, very helpful, thats what i do, although, the odd time, its hardto get it Just two clicks? :-s -All sigs by me.[My Gallery] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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