Hi Bob, Perhaps you're misunderstanding SFW. It's a much finer approach to saving than Save As. There are 100 different increments that can be used as opposed to only 12 in PS (and, I'm guessing, Elements.) Not only can you better fine tune the file size and quality, but you can choose to include or exclude the ICC profiles. It's this ability to fine tune, and decide what extra information to include, that gives the potential for smaller files while maintaining an acceptable level of quality.
With the ICC profile stripped out, some people may not see the colors exactly as you want them to be seen - in some cases precise color rendition is not important, in other cases it's best to include the profiles. Regardless, so many monitors are uncalibrated, or poorly calibrated, the only time including an ICC profile really matters is if the viewing monitor is properly set up. I can't begin to tell you the outrageous, and sometimes garish, colors I've seen on my friends' monitors. SFW will also strip out the metadata and Exif info, making the file smaller but with no necessary decrease in quality. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bob Sullivan > Don't save for the web! > Seriously, aren't these much smaller jpeg's? > I keep my pix full size and save that way as 1.3-1.5 meg jpegs. > If I resize, I shoot for a max of 800 pixels wide or 600 pixels tall, > then use a good quality setting to get a 200K+ file. > I think 200K files are not too mush to share with those on broadband. > Bottom line, think bigger...space is cheap.
