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Ladogaboy
08-13-2003, 06:31 AM
I have a few scanned images that I need to upload to a website, but I am limited in size. I have to keep them as .jpgs, so .gifs won't work. Anyway, I've reduced the image quality to 0 and turned the color images to grey scale, and I'm still about 30K over my 150K limit.

You guys have any suggestions? Is there a way to cut them down even more? Maybe reduce the resolution if that is an option?
coleslaw
08-13-2003, 07:51 AM
Do you need to keep the images at a certain size? If not, simply drop down the dimensions. Otherwise, there's really nothing else that you can do.
Jeffbx
08-13-2003, 08:32 AM
It also helps if you crop it... if there's unnecessary background, just crop it tight to the image you want to see & resize it as others have suggested.
cheapie
08-13-2003, 08:56 AM
or just change your screen settings to 1280X1024 to make it look smaller.
:heh:

actually, you can "save for web" and change the amount of colors from 256 to 128. that helps.
coleslaw
08-13-2003, 10:22 AM
Originally posted by cheapbast@rd
actually, you can "save for web" and change the amount of colors from 256 to 128. that helps. You should be using "Save for Web" at all times anyway. Photoshop will bloat JPG files with JPG & Photoshop header crap when you use the "Save" or "Save as.." commends; this adds to the file size and can actually cause some browsers to hang at times.
Ladogaboy
08-13-2003, 12:40 PM
The problem is that these are images of documents, and they can't really be cropped. :hmm:
coleslaw
08-13-2003, 12:52 PM
Why is it that you cannot use a GIF format? 2-color GIFs would be perfect for your case.
Ladogaboy
08-13-2003, 05:27 PM
Originally posted by coleslaw
Why is it that you cannot use a GIF format? 2-color GIFs would be perfect for your case.

The file format has to be jpg... :(
zero2dash
08-13-2003, 08:48 PM
Change the dpi resolution...screen resolution only has to be 72...if your images are above this, put it down. Image -> Image Size, change the resolution. Hope this helps...:thumb:
Ladogaboy
08-13-2003, 11:12 PM
Originally posted by zero2dash
Change the dpi resolution...screen resolution only has to be 72...if your images are above this, put it down. Image -> Image Size, change the resolution. Hope this helps...:thumb:

Thanks! That worked great!
zero2dash
08-14-2003, 02:27 PM
Eh at least my job at Kinkos is good for somethin'...:hihi: Man, all the Photoshop work we have to do now since we do signs and banners in full color - sheesh you should see all the stuff people bring in...a logo 1" by 3" they want blown up 3' by 4'...aargh the distortion/pixels hurt my brain. :heh: