On Aug 29, 2005, at 6:44 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I don't really understand using the "Save for Web" application. Seems to me to add a lot of needless complication.
I found that it gives me much smaller jpg files for a given quality, while also allowing me to pick the optimal size/quality tradeoff using the 4-up display.
My saving technique is identical to yours but with slightly different order, except I use "Save For Web" instead of "Save As".
I understand that the ImageReady application can do a lot of things that might be interesting or useful for commercial website development, but for prepping images for my personal gallery and such it seems way overkill.
PS opens the dialog without having to open the whole ImageReady application, although it probably loads most of it considering how long it takes to open the thing.
Other than that I couldn't care less about ImageReady. My small web graphics are done in Macromedia (err, now Adobe) Fireworks. More complex graphics start in Photoshop then I use Fireworks to slice them.
I really hope that Adobe doesn't kill Fireworks off as it's a very good product. Having seen the price of the new Macromedia Studio upgrade version, I get the impression that they're trying to kill the whole product line :(
Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
