[Gimp-user] Optimize jpegs

2014-05-22 Thread weswood
>First, make sure the image is down-sized to something like 1280 x 1024
>or
>less.  Then turn on the preview in the jpeg export dialog.  That will
>tell
>you both how large the file will be, and you can view the preview to
>see
>what it will look like.  Decrease or increase the percentage until
>you're
>happy with the compromise.
>
>Gary

Thanks, I'll try all these suggestions.  This one was very helpful, at least
I'll see what I'm getting.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Optimize jpegs

2014-05-22 Thread Gary Aitken
On 05/22/14 07:08, Søren Pilgård wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 2:30 AM, Owen  wrote:
>>
>>> I'm creating some textures for 3d models using gimp.  I've been
>>> exporting as jpg
>>> with quality set at 100, but the file sizes are humongous.  What do
>>> you think is
>>> the best setting to bring down the file size with no noticeable loss
>>> of quality?
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, I would simply experiment and decide what is "best for you"
>>
>> Open original, export as new-name1.jpg at say 70%
>> Then reopen original, and export as new-name2.jpg at say 60%
>> and so on
>>
>> Most of my saves are at 50%
>>
>> Why jpgs? What sizes do you get with pngs?
>>
>>
> It is indeed hard to give a perfect number out of the box.
> The overall visual quality is very much dependent on what the image
> actually depicts and on what kind of compromise you can tolerate.
> A dirt texture can probably pull off a much lower quality than a
> smooth gradient.

First, make sure the image is down-sized to something like 1280 x 1024 or
less.  Then turn on the preview in the jpeg export dialog.  That will tell
you both how large the file will be, and you can view the preview to see
what it will look like.  Decrease or increase the percentage until you're
happy with the compromise.

Gary
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Re: [Gimp-user] Optimize jpegs

2014-05-22 Thread Søren Pilgård
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 2:30 AM, Owen  wrote:
>
>> I'm creating some textures for 3d models using gimp.  I've been
>> exporting as jpg
>> with quality set at 100, but the file sizes are humongous.  What do
>> you think is
>> the best setting to bring down the file size with no noticeable loss
>> of quality?
>>
>
>
>
>
> Well, I would simply experiment and decide what is "best for you"
>
> Open original, export as new-name1.jpg at say 70%
> Then reopen original, and export as new-name2.jpg at say 60%
> and so on
>
> Most of my saves are at 50%
>
> Why jpgs? What sizes do you get with pngs?
>
>
It is indeed hard to give a perfect number out of the box.
The overall visual quality is very much dependent on what the image
actually depicts and on what kind of compromise you can tolerate.
A dirt texture can probably pull off a much lower quality than a
smooth gradient.
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[Gimp-user] greek letters

2014-05-22 Thread gimppimpf
>Copy-paste them from elsewhere (Wikipedia must have  an entry for the 
>greek alphabet).

Hi together,

all works fine, my starmap is great. I use the trick to copy the letters from a
word-document.

Thanks all for the good help
GP

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