Hi, For this kind of images jpg works a lot better (keeping that kind of photographic detail). I used fireworks keeping a good quality and the file is 50kb.
I can send the file if you want. bye Laura On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:19:48 -0600, Charles Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Kennon wrote: > > > Any suggestions on bringing the file size down? I've tried interlacing > > the .gif the current size is the lowest without image degradation. > > Just for comparison, I took the image into PaintShopPro (yes, I'm too cheap > to own Photoshop right now) and saved the image in JPEG format at 10% > compression. I noticed no image degradation, but the file size dropped from > 289K to 125K. (PNG was not much better than GIF in file size). Dunno if you > wanted to go that route, but any large images I use on my site are first > saved in both formats to determine the best choice (once in a while, GIF is > smaller than JPG). > _____ > > Charles Martin > http://www.webcudgel.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************