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This is the starting image as per the tutorial. Linda, I did "Merge Visible"
prior to starting - was I supposed to do this?
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Saved as JPG - Compression set to 50% - file size 11,375. Using 60% & above
compression the ladys' face started to lose pixelation.
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Saved as JPG - Compression set to 40% - file size 15,448. To me, using
anything higher than this made the writing on the cake look smudged. The .gif
format was about 10K higher than doing as a .jpg.
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Saved as GIF (file size=15,220) - Transparency, none. Colors used = 140 and
25% dithering with Optimized Octree. Total compressed file size is 16,018
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Saved as GIF (file size=10,029) - The first thing I did was to use the GIF
Optimiser with the transparency of "none", Colors used were 60 with a 6%
dithering and Optimized Octree. I then saved the image as a .gif - then I
reopened the image, increased the color depth to 16 million colors, I then used
the magic wand with a tolerance set to 12 and selected the white portion of the
box, then inverted the selection and went to Effects, Soften. I did this twice
and then selected none. I then went back in to the GIF Optimizer,
and under the Transparency tab, I chose "Areas that match this color"=White
with a tolerance of 12. In the Partial Transparency tab, I used a 50% dither
pattern and "no, use the existing image color at 100% opacity". Under the
color tab, I used 60 colors, dithering of 6 & Optimized Octree. I could have
just used the JPG Optimizer but here again, I wanted a clean looking picture
with a transparent background.
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Saved as GIF - first, I did the GIF Optimizer - on the transparency tab this
time I selected None, and on the Colors tab I used 162 colors with dithering
set at 0 and Optimized Octree. I then saved the image as above, increased the
color to 16 million and once again used the magic wand (same setting as above)
and selected the white portion. Then inverted and softened only once (I didn't
want the writing on the pad to be too blurry). I then used the GIF Optimizer
again, with the transparency tab set at "areas that match this color"=white
with a tolerance of 20. On the Partial transparency tab, I selected "use
existing image color at 100%" with a 50% dither pattern and on the Colors tab,
I chose 40 colors with a dithering percentage of 6 and Optimized Octree. Total
compressed file size is 14,633. The only way I can think to make this any
smaller is to resize the image to 75%. Afterthought... in looking at this
image on line, I do see that there are white pixels around the image - I'm
honestly not sure how to get rid of these. Any suggestions will certainly be
appreciated!!!
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This one was fairly easy - I used the JPG Optimizer on this picture - with a
compression value set to 70. The reason I selected the high value was that the
colors looked faded to begin with and I didn't see much difference in colors.
Total compressed file size is 4296.
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I used the JPG Optimizer on the fruit, compression value set to 40. On this
one, using a higher compression took too many pixels away for my liking. Total
compressed file size is 8274.
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On this image, I chose the GIF Optimizer - under the transparency tab I
selected None, on the Colors tab I selected 256 colors and 15% dithering and
here again, the Optimized Octree option. Total file size 8171. I'm sure that
there is a reason not to use the Optimized Octree option, but I have read that
this is the best one to use out of the 3. Is there a reason why it should not
be used over the standard web safe colors?
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I chose the JPG Optimizer on this picture, due to all of the colors involved.
I chose 30 as the compression value as I didn't really want to lose any of the
color. The file size started at 180,040 uncompressed and ended up at 6,664 - I
was very surprised!! To think that I have not been doing this on images I have
made shames me - what a difference...
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I chose JPG Optimizer on this picture also, due to there being so much white.
I chose 20 as the compression value as I thought that it took away too many
pixels using a higher value. I ended up with at a picture with a compression
of 6436.
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This one I did the GIF Optimizer on - since there was no background color I
decided that there needed to be one so I added a new raster layer, moved it to
the bottom of the existing layer and then filled the background color with
color #DBCFC3 (a close match to the facial color). On to the GIF optimizer and
under the Transparency tab, I selected the same color that I filled for my
background color for "no, areas that match this color" with a tolerance set to
0. Under the Partial transparency tab, I selected "No, use the existing image
color at 100% opacity" and a 50% dither pattern. Under the color tab, I
selected 34 colors with a dithering of 0 and Optimized Octree. The file still
seems large to me, at a final compressed size of 8,509.
Ok, so we know that
this
plan didn't work and I tried it without using a background color also and it
turned out the same way. So, here again, is my cry baby (I feel like crying -
lol), done as a JPG. I know that this isn't the right way to do it but for the
life of me I can't get this to turn out as a GIF.
Compression value set to 20 (any higher than this then he looked like he had
mold on his tongue - giggle) compression 10,842 (here again, I reduced the size
to 60% of original).
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I also did this picture with the JPG Optimizer set to 60. I tried the GIF
method a couple of times but it just didn't work - first time he lost all of
the white in his teeth (poor guy, so much abuse) then I tried the soften method
and I still ended up with an ugly looking outline. Help?????
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