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Creating Images 3

What format should I use?

Most of the time, images you work with in

Photoshop Elements are photographs, so either JPEG

or PNG-24 gives you the smallest files with the best

quality. GIFs and PNG-8s, because they are designed

for images with only a few colors, tend to look poor

and result in bigger files.

How can I tell how big my file is going to be?

Photoshop Elements displays the file size of the

image after optimization in the lower right corner

of the preview pane. You can adjust the settings and

see how the file size will be impacted by looking

here.

The Save Optimized As dialog
box appears.

5 Navigate to your Web site’s
images folder.

6 Type a name for your image.

7 Click Save.

The optimized image is saved.

● If you want, you can modify

the preset’s settings by

manually adjusting the

quality percentage.

4 Click OK.

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