reduce memory for embedded pictures

[Rich]

what's the easiest method to reduce the memory size of
embedded photos or pictures.
I use Finepix viewer to view digital photos. My current
method is to reduce the picture size in Finepix and save
to my website folder in Frontpage. I then create a new
page, drag the photo into the page and save. However
often the photo size is too large to enable quick
downloads on a 56k modem. I can resize the picture and
then resample in Frontpage. This reduces the memory size
ok but the quality is reduced to an unacceptable degree.
Any ideas? I have Paintshop Pro.
Rich

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

You can resize in PaintShop Pro, which will likely give better results than
the default filter in FrontPage. I prefer PhotoShop, but it is more because
of familiarity than anything else. There are third party plug-ins for both
that allow even finer control of sizing for the web. There is always a
quality trade off when you use lossy compression, but you can get it to an
"acceptable" level of quality loss while reducing size tremendously.

If PaintShop Pro does not fulfill your needs, see if there is an add-in
(plug-in) for PaintShop Pro to resize photos for the web.

NOTE: A couple of years ago, Ulead (www.ulead.com) had a great product
called web razor. Not sure what they have available for web pictures today.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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[E. T. Culling]

Three articles for you to read.
Paint Shop Pro is just great.
http://www.eleanorstravels.com/frontpage_images/index.htm
http://outfront.net/tutorials_02/adv_tech/photos.htm
http://www.eleanorstravels.com/ComparingPrograms/comparingprograms.htm
Eleanor

 

[Lord Ford]

"This reduces the memory size ok but the quality is reduced to an
unacceptable degree"

for the purposes of this conversation, how many kilobytes quantifies:
"memory size ok"?
19kb?
59kb?
201kb?

bill
p.s. thanks for any clarification . . . i was away that day (either that or
i've been on broadband too long)

 

[jaustin]

Great readings and info. How old is this info? Paint Shop Pro is now v8.
Is MSOffice Picture Manager a player in this discussion??

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Generally speaking, try to keep your images sizes under 100 KB.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
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Microsoft MVP
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