Could you give us an example of how huge exactly the png is and what the width, height and DPI values for the PNG are?
Thanks, Matijs On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:49 AM, Rachel May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Susie, > > Yes it does, but this is what I've already used and I think the files are > still rather huge!! My version is CS3. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Susie Gardner-Brown > Sent: Thursday, 17 April 2008 11:35 a.m. > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] PNG file sizes > > 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. > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
