Thomas Holm writes: >> If the purpose is sending quotes for clients to open how about making them into a PDF? Most anybody can read them, and especially under os 10 it's just as easy as printing. If nothing else Photoshop can save as PDF with JPEG compression. <<
Just a small addition to this excellent point...yes PDF overcomes all platforms/apps issues between most users. If the Photoshop file contains large amounts of white 'paper' and a smaller amount of text I would go for ZIP compression in the PDF (better compression, no JPG artifacts around type). The other thing I would do is to change the file creator code from 8BIM to CARO if this was going to a classic Mac OS user, so that it goes to Acrobat and not Photoshop (as saving PDF from Photoshop tags the Photoshop creator code). Obviously bitmap or greyscale modes preferred over colour depending on the content if file size is a concern. On the JPEG read problem by some other software - I think that a save for web is 'clean' and makes the lightest file for web, while save as jpg can contain other stuff which can choke other software? If the image is for web browser display then I would use S4W but if the file is a print file that needs jpg for transmission or whatever, the save as would be required to keep the extra data intact. I am no expert on this so I don't want to muddy the waters - hope I got that right. Stephen Marsh. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
