Reduce File Size for jpg
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- nebbab
What techniques do you use to optimize photos for the web while keeping the high quality of the pictures? An example would be www.paulstarrmakeup.com
Thanks!
- jevad0
72 dpi
a manegable resize (proportional - and usually 500x375)
and the unsharp mask is your friend
- nebbab0
Thanks Jevad. What about using photoshop vs image ready? is one better for optimizing quality?
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fireworks for me
- jevad0
theres not much in it really
- ribit0
For 640x480 and 1600x1200 size JPEG photos on our online magazine we batch resize in Image Ready using Quality 60, unsharp mask (radius 1, amount 20) and autocontrast.
http://www.cardesignnews.com/new…
dpi settings are irrelevant for web
- jevad0
no they're not, and quality 60 is too lossy IMHO
- ribit0
has someone invented a web browser that reads DPI metadata?
Actually I'd recommend between 60-90 quality... depends on the size and your content...we set it to make artifacts not noticeable at 100% viewing size, but 2-3 years ago...could go a bit higher now as we plan to offer larger sizes and our users get faster access...
- nebbab0
What about keeping the dpi high but reducing the quality? Or will the file size still be too high?
- jevad0
If you are talking file size yeh - a 300dpi file is going to be heavier than one saved at 72dpi
- harlequino0
Stick to the 72 dpi arena for web. I've seen larger res images get pretty wonky on some monitors, OS's, and browsers.
- ribit0
dpi is irrelevant for web work... all that counts is pixel dimensions and optimization/compression.
If you work in Image Ready it doesnt even have a DPI choice since we are printing here.
- ribit0
an x by y file at a set compression is the same size even if you set it to 1 dpi or 400000 dpi... DPI is just metadata.
- ribit0
*since we (are'nt) printing here.