Question about pic quality

Discussion in 'Avatars & Signatures' started by Green Hurricane, May 11, 2006.

  1. Green Hurricane

    Green Hurricane Footsteps Falco

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    I made a signature for myself that I wanted to use recently in Photoshop, but when I saved it with any decent level of quality, it's file size came out way higher than the limit that TGG allows (it was 47k I think for level 8). I had to knock it way down to level 2 just to get it to go through, and as you can see, the quality of said signature is rather crappy (look below).

    What can I do to make the file size not get quite so insane? Maybe it's just because i'm hosting it through imageshack, do they bump the size somehow?

    For comparison's sake...
    This is what I would like it to look like:
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    And this is what I had to make it:
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    Any help is appreciated.
     
  2. deviljets7

    deviljets7 Well-Known Member

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    GH, there is a program, called Ken Ward's Makeup that does what you're looking for. Unfortunately I can't find the link to get him.
     
  3. FITM

    FITM 2006 TGG.com Best Photoshop Artist Award Winner

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    When you save it, use "save for web" make the option a jpg and just lower the quality. Watch on the bottom left of the window, it will tell you the size of the file as you decrease the quality button.
     
  4. Green Hurricane

    Green Hurricane Footsteps Falco

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    Thanks guys, the save for web thing worked like a charm.
     
  5. inSANITy

    inSANITy Banned

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    gotta try that
     

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