Re: Photoshop vs. Paint Shop file preferences

by Gary Broyhill <broyhill(at)lrc.edu>

Date:	Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:50:09 -0500
To:	Chuck & Karen <calow(at)ils.net>, Steve Bassler <bassmstr(at)westol.com>, hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
References:	westol lrc
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At 05:53 PM 3/26/98 -0500, Chuck & Karen wrote:
>While trying to reduce the file size of a background image today (a bmp
>file of 3.5 mbs), I opened it in PSP and tried saving it AS a jpg, playing
>around with different compressions and dpi to get the best mix of
>compression and quality.  Every time I saved AS, the status in the lower
>right hand corner continued to display a file size of 3.5 mgs! Not trusting
>my eyes, I went into Windows Explorer and confirmed there that the file
>sizes had in fact shrunk to between 25 and 15 kbs. That I could live with
>(still tweaking them to shrink a bit more)

Thanks...this is helping to unravel the mystery of the difference in the
two program's file compression. Drivin' me crazy!  Guess I should just
stick with PSP or PS4, eh?

Gary C. Broyhill
Information Systems Dept.
Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, N.C.
http://www.lrc.edu

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