| Author | Message | ||
     V2win |
Im as ignorant as they come on these things so please try to keep your suggestions simple. Here is the deal. I "saved" a picture from the web. I then opened up photoshop. I have 5.0. I then typed a comment on the picture using the 'T" feature of photoshop. I think the origanal jpg was about 40k in size. The new pic is now a "psd" instead of a jpg and about 170k in size. Two problems. The size and the "psd" cannot be posted on the this site. Suggestions? Remember, your instructing someone who barely can turn on the computer. Thanks, John | ||
| Prof_stack |
Try "Save as Web" and select JPEG. Then adjust the percentage to a better number. That's what I do in Photoshop 6.0 and I assume 5.0 is similar. Good luck. | ||
| Henrik |
John: The "T" adds another layer to the image file. you started with your web photo and now you've layered the text on top. Only Photoshop files (that's the .psd ending) can save layers. So what you need to do is open your .psd file in Photoshop. Then in the "Layer" menu you select "Flatten Image". That will merge the two layers into one. Then you go to the "File" menu and select "Save As ..." In the pop-up dialog box you get, in "Format" select JPEG as file type. In the next dialog box select a "Quality" around 5-6 or "Medium". That should squeeze the file size back down to acceptable levels. Let me know if it works out for you. Henrik | ||
| Henrik |
The "Save for Web ..." command I think was a new feature in Photoshop 6. It uses the program ImageReady, which comes with Photoshop. It's a great way to .jpg compress images, but AFAIR not part of version 5. Henrik | ||
| V2win |
Henrik, Another lesson learned. Thanks | ||
| Dasxb9s |
V2win... you have been a very bad boy!!!! |
