Optimizing Images For The Web And E-Mail; About Creating Images For The Web And E-Mail; Using The Save For Web Dialog Box - Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2 User Manual

Chapter 12: Optimizing Images for
the Web and E-mail
dobe Photoshop Elements lets you
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optimize the display and file size of your
images for effective Web publishing and
for sharing through e-mail.
About creating images for the
Web and e-mail
Optimization is the process of compressing an
image and setting display options for use on the
World Wide Web or in e-mail. When you
distribute images via these mediums, creating
graphics with small file sizes is very important. In
general, the file size of an image should be small
enough to allow reasonable download times from
a Web server but large enough to represent desired
colors and details in the image.
There are three major graphic file formats used on
the Web: GIF, JPEG, and PNG. You can optimize
images in these formats using one of the following
methods:
To create a Web site for your portfolio of images,
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you can use the Web Photo Gallery command,
which automates the entire process for you.
Photoshop Elements produces thumbnail-sized
versions of your portfolio for viewers to
preview, Web pages for every image, and links
between the pages. For more information, see
"Creating Web photo galleries" on page 220.
To precisely optimize an image for use in a Web
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page authoring application, such as Adobe
GoLive , you can use the Save for Web
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command. The Save for Web dialog box lets you
preview your image in different file formats and
with different optimization settings. You can
also set transparency and animation settings.
For more information, see "Using the Save For
Web dialog box" on page 205.
For basic optimization, you can use the Save As
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command. Depending on the file format, you
can specify image quality, background trans-
parency or matting, color display, and
downloading method. For more information,
see "Saving images in different file formats" on
page 226.
Using the Save For Web dialog
box
You use the Save For Web dialog box to choose
Web file formats, select compression and color
options, and preview your optimized image. In
addition, you can preserve background trans-
parency or set background matting, and change
the image size.
To display the Save For Web dialog box:
Choose File > Save for Web, or click the Save for
Web button in the shortcuts bar.
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