On Thu, 6 May 2004, Steve Crane wrote: > On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 09:06:30PM +0200, Alf C Stockton wrote: > > I cannot find a way in Gimp 2.0.1 to decrease the file size of an image so that > > I can load it as a background in an HTML file and have acceptable load times. > > If the image is a photograph choose File | Save As... and save the image > as a JPEG (jpg extension) with a different name than the original (you > probably don't want to overwrite it). The Save As JPEG dialog will be > displayed. Make sure that the Preview (in image window) option is > turned on. This both displays the size the file will be and updates the > image window to show what the resulting image will look like. Then use > the Quality slider to achieve a balance between the file size and the > image quality. > > snip.... > ....snip end Steve Crane, Thanks for the tip. I have snipped the rest of your message for it is a photograph. I did not know about the Preview option in the save window. A point however is that with Gimp-2.0.1 I see the file size changing but nothing seems to change in the image. Is this old eyes or am I being thick again?
--- Regards, Alf Stockton www.stockton.co.za This is the ____LAST time I take travel suggestions from Ray Bradbury! _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
