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If your signatures tend to be slightly too large in file size, save them as GIF files instead of JPEG. With JPEG you have to lower the quality in order to make the file size smaller. GIF ones are automatically smaller without altering the quality much at all.
This is probably best for when your signature is about 10 to 20 kb too large. I dont know exactly HOW MUCH it decreases the size, so just experiment.
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GIF kill the colours. :(
It does!. But there's a way to keep the quality of a JPEG high, and still keep the filesize small. Thanks to Zeldy for telling me how, she might tell it to you guys. It is really effective.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirage
Or you could make our day by telling us da secret
PNG
Well, I am sure she wont mind. Here I qouted her post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Melkor_
Just go file>save as>JPEG and put these sittings:
Thanks Zeldy. You saved my life. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Zeldy
And no bipper, PNG is hell heavy. But it got really cool quality.
Thanks ,I bet this could come in handy sometime.
PNG <3
Beats my suggestion any day probably.
But, isnt that just putting the quality lower? Its on 10 instead of 12, and mine is always on 56.6Kbps. Anyway, the size on that screen doesnt represent the real size when you actually save it, its always a bit higher in the end...
It depends on the image. Lots of colours = bigger GIF.
JPEG will always be better than GIF, I have never once had a problem with file size and I constantly use JPEG.
I have to put mine down to 8 until its lower than 50kb, sometimes even 7 or 6.
When saving JPGs in Photoshop, I ALWAYS select a higher compression. To about 8 on a quality scale of 12. It's usually always under 50 bytes, sometimes even lower than 40. If that fails, GIF is the way to go.
Actually PNG is smaller than GIF. PNG-8 anyways[at least in my experience]. PNG-24 is gynormous.
And the reason why GIF is smaller is cause it already sacrificed quality to begin with. JPEG has good quality and good size. A VERY good overall format, though it can't do animation or transparancy.
I always use .png or .gif :jess:
Since my sigs are fairly small and basic I can get away with high quality JPEG or GIFs without sacrificing quality. My sig right now only has like 224 colors in it or some amount close to that (I don't remember exactly).
You realy didn't know that?
Yeah, seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rengori
I always use .gif and never seem to have a problem. :eek:
Am I suppose to feel ashamed now?.:rolleyes2
I always have troubles when I save as .gif. All the colours quality gets lost. :mad:
You shouldn't use GIF for still-images. Instead, you should use PNG 8-bit, which has the exact same number of maximum colours as GIF, but makes the files smaller. Not by a whole lot, but if you really care about making your files as small as possible, you should always use PNG over GIF.
lol wat? :) Different types of PNG: oh ~ Mirage explained it best for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Owen Macwere
For me as well. :) Thanks Mirage!.
I use JPEG and adjust the quality with the slider on GIMP
.GIF has, on a few occasions, made my file size larger, and image quality alot poorer. I stick to .Jpeg, and Its usually in the 40kb mark.
Well, there is usually a way to make .jpeg or .jpg (isnt it the same?) smaller. And thats what I do. I dont save it as a .gif unless its animated :p
I have found a new way to make filesize as small as you like and still keep the quality high, I thought to share it with anyone who likes to try it:
After finishing go file>save for web> in the new window that opens you'd find a menu to the right in front of the word preset there's an arrow. click on it and choose Optimised to file size.
enter your desired size and put it on Auto Gif/Jpeg. and save it.
I am not sure maybe many here knows about this way. I thought to say it though. :P