Save For Web Photoshop
5.5
By Roxanne Etheridge
There are many neat new features in Adobe's Photoshop 5.5 and Image Ready 2, but the one I have used the most so far is the 'file>save for web' command to save images from Photoshop. Instead of saving and reopening in Image Ready, or exporting to another optimization program as I previously would have done, I just click file>save for web. Here are the how's and why's.
1. After creating an icon in Photoshop 5.5, I go to file>save for web [ fig 1 ]
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fig 1 ]
2. The image appears in the save for web window shown in [ fig 2 ] below. The tabs at the top of the window allow you to customize your view of the workspace for greater productivity. Choosing the 2 up tab gives you a view of the original image and the optimized image at the same time. You can try different settings and compare them by choosing the 4 up tab. The size of the image and download time are shown in the pane with each.
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3. In saving images for the web, you want to create the best looking image with the smallest possible file size. The settings on the right side of the window in [ fig 2 ] above combined with multiple viewing options take the guesswork out of this task.
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