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digital image compression

Bstatic · 2006-07-05 23:10:10

Can anyone tell me how do you compress a digital image using adobe photoshop or similar program. I took some photos at high resolution with a 6 mega pixel camera and I want to post them on the net and I need to reduce the file size. I can't seem to figure it out. Thanks.

05-07-2006 11:10pm

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Bstatic

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Can anyone tell me how do you compress a digital image using adobe photoshop or similar program.
I took some photos at high resolution with a 6 mega pixel camera and I want to post them on the net and I need to reduce the file size.
I can't seem to figure it out.

Thanks.

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#2 05-07-2006 11:20pm

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First you want to resize them physically, demension-wise.
Then just use save-as and pick something that compresses well like .jpg
Can't give you exact instructions since I don't use photoshop.

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#3 05-07-2006 11:21pm

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When you have the file open in photoshop, you can always resize them to reduce the filesize a bit. If you want to lower the compression click File, Save as, select JPEG from the file type, enter a filename and click Save. You will see a dialog box where you can lower the compression (low, medium, high, maximum).

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#4 05-07-2006 11:29pm

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Have a look at the Power Toys from Microsoft. There's a batch image re-sizer that's quite handy for resizing images to any size with just a few clicks. Downsizing an image should drastically reduce the file size too.

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#5 05-07-2006 11:35pm

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Hope this helps; originally posted by Dimy in Photography:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=51263372&postcount=27

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