Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that in the 'save for web' option you could
only save as gif or jpeg. Am I wrong? I'd love it if I could use it to
compress png files -  just needed to yesterday!! ... :)

- susie


On 17/4/08 1:40 AM, "Nick Fitzsimons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Wed, April 16, 2008 5:59 am, Rachel May wrote:
>> Only my personal website I've used transparent PNGs a lot...  I've been
>> rather picky on how it looks, so that the shadows look natural etc.
>> 
>> But this means that the file sizes are HUGE and download is really long.
>> 
>> I created the PNGs in Photoshop (CS3) and just wondering if there are any
>> better tools or ways of saving the PNGs for smaller file size, while still
>> retaining their high quality??
>> 
> 
> If you just use Photoshop's normal "Save" functionality, selecting PNG as
> the type, it will include a large amount of information in the file to
> assist it when the file is opened for editing at a later time. Use the
> "Save for Web and Devices" dialog instead and it will create much smaller
> files.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Nick.



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