#5) Click the little arrow marked #5 (from the previous picture) and youll get this:(Im hell on those little red circles, huh?)Click on Optimize to File Size (marked #2), and youll get this box:Its a good idea to reduce the file size you want by 2% and enter that value in the box. We reduce the size by two percent so we dont have to concern ourselves with all that propeller-hat-computereeze stuff. Our file will be under the desired size no matter what the computer-geeks throw at us. Were artists; were above that.. So in this case, I wished to make the best possible image in fewer than 200 KB, so I entered 196. All right, compare the two images on the left and the right in the 2-UP (still, no better joke) view, and look for show-stopper errors. You wont have to scroll very long; if they are there youll see them right off. The chances are very high that youll not be able to see much difference in quality between the images at all. If you do see swirleys (thats a technical term I just made up), then reduce the physical size of your image about ten percent and try it again. But dont be too picky here either; when it comes to looking for JPEG compression errors, you ARE your own worst critic. Remember, no one else will be zooming in on your image at 200% looking for JPEG artifacts. Well, maybe theres a few that would; but I meant NORMAL people.Now, just press SAVE. BUT DONT SAVE IT TO THE ORIGINAL LOCATION, give it a new name, its useless for anything other than kickin butt in web-photo contests. Giving it a new name prevents us from writing over our original image. I recommend you start a folder called Saved for Web and put these images there, so they dont get mixed in with your real photographs. Also, end the filename (not the file extension,Einstein) with WEB, so they can easily be spotted (i.e. thisphotoWEB.jpg). Remember, were creating images not much larger than your cell phone produces, so keep them separate, OK? I know where you live.Thats it. Now, you know everything I know (well, plus what you knew before). I hope this works well for you; it is the way photographs are professionally sized for web sites. Think of me sometime while youre polishing your trophies. If you have problems, ..rather if you have "Save for WEB" problems, write me. I'd sure be glad to help.
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