[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >So what does Save for Web do exactly? As constrasted to just saving as a JPEG? > >I know someone mentioned one thing, but what are the other things?
"Save for Web" does a number of things: * It gives you multiple format options (JPG, GIF, PNG) * Provides easy fine-tuning of file size * Shows multiple previews (so you can decide on which JPEG quality setting is the best compromise for you) * Strips out EXIF and other non-image data in the file in order to give you the minimum file size possible. * Gives you a fast web-version of your image without altering the original "Save for Web" allows you the option of embedding an ICC profile if you wish. I find it best to map images into sRGB colorspace before using "Save for Web". sRGB colorspace is designed to represent the gamut of a typical CRT monitor - in other words, it's designed so that images in sRGB colorspace will look pretty accurate on a typical monitor in non-colorspace-aware applications. I usually don't embed any ICC profile in my online images because a) it does add *slightly* to the file size and, b) there's only so much image accuracy I *want* in my "images-that-are-on-the-web-where-anyone-can-grab-them" ;-) I've arrived at my web image workflow through trial and error over a period of several years... so a lot of the images on my web site haven't benefited from some (or even most) of it. One of my projects for the between-semester break is to go through my web page and update as many of the images as I can. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
