If I wanted to save an image as the smallest kb size what would i save it as?

jpg? :? That is my best guess. Probably wrong.

.gif would probably give the smallest filesize, though the quality will be poor. In terms of tradeoff between filesize and quality, .png is the way to go. Quality wise it's almost identical to a bitmap (.bmp), but takes up a lot less space.

OK im going to test it out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah small images, didnt want a long upload.

 

 

 

PS: Can anyone get me the smallest image possible in KB size, with at minimum 5X5 pixels?

PNG and compress the [cabbage] out of it. You should lose minimal quality.

 

 

 

Use GIMP or something because Paint can't compress PNGs at all.

I can tell you from experience using Gimp with .png and Level 9 compression is the way to get the smallest KB size.

.gif would probably give the smallest filesize, though the quality will be poor. In terms of tradeoff between filesize and quality, .png is the way to go. Quality wise it's almost identical to a bitmap (.bmp), but takes up a lot less space.

 

 

 

PNG are big files. A high-quality JPEG does the same thing and is still a lot smaller. Only use PNG when you have transparency.

I'm guessing OP is only using paint and wanted a quick solution, so png. I'm doubtful he wants to load up GIMP each time he takes a screenshot, it's too much effort.

.gif would probably give the smallest filesize, though the quality will be poor. In terms of tradeoff between filesize and quality, .png is the way to go. Quality wise it's almost identical to a bitmap (.bmp), but takes up a lot less space.

 

 

 

PNG are big files. A high-quality JPEG does the same thing and is still a lot smaller. Only use PNG when you have transparency.

You can still see some loss in colour information even with a high-quality JPEG. JPEG is lossy compression so no matter how little you compress it, you're still going to lose colour information. PNG is lossless, and you can often get more desirable results at a smaller filesize than a high-quality JPEG if you know what options to use compression-wise.

 

 

 

People shouldn't really need to worry about filesize anymore. Unless you've got a strict limit, lossless compression of media is much more desirable than lossy in my opinion. Faster Internet connections are available these days, so the difference shouldn't affect most people.

 

 

 

@Dracion: Saving as PNG with Paint always gives you about a 2MB file. :l

 

 

 

If you're really fussy about filesize then just bloody save as JPEG with Paint - but don't complain about the quality.

Read this. Each of the three main formats is suited to different uses (and PNG is good for more than just alpha transparency).

 

 

 

@Dracion: Saving as PNG with Paint always gives you about a 2MB file. :l

 

 

 

 

I think there's something wrong with your paint. I always use paint for screenshots and most of the time I save to .png format, and the usual size I get out of them is much less than 1MB.

 

 

 

@Dracion: Saving as PNG with Paint always gives you about a 2MB file. :l

 

 

 

 

I think there's something wrong with your paint. I always use paint for screenshots and most of the time I save to .png format, and the usual size I get out of them is much less than 1MB.

 

 

 

+1. I can easily take 1280 x 1024 screenshots and get about a 500kb filesize. Even on my slow internet (20kb/s upload) it doesn't take very long to upload to tinypic/imageshack at all.

What are you needing this image for? A website? or what?

 

.jpg for a mix between quality and size

i've got a few little applications to crush .png files even further than gimps level 9 compression can do. i'd recommend googling around for some .png compression files, such as pngcrush or optipng or pngfix.