Saving for web

[Chubster]

Hi all...

Can someone tell me the best way to save portfolio shots for presentation on website. Obviously I want them to show as best as they can but also need to keep the file size down.

Any help appreciated

 

[Just Dave]

What software Adrian?

 

[Chubster]

Hi Dave

I have both LR4 and CS6.

I realise LR has a preset for saving to web just wondered if this is my "best" option. Running a file through that results in a file of around 250kb ?

Cheers

 

[Kerioak]

Single images or a gallery? I sometimes use LR3's Web option to make galleries for my website if I am not putting prices on them, although I imagine that option must be there somewhere

 

[Jez2011]

Photoshop should give you a preview of the resulting image and file size for the various compression levels - I would pick the smallest file size that doesn't show visible compression artefacts. Imo 250k is too big, esp if there is more than one image on the page.

 

[theatomic]

Using the 'Save for Web and Devices' is likely your best bet, selecting the '2 Up' tab at the top of it is useful for a direct comparision between existing image and compressed version.

Just take the quality of the jpg down as low as you can/want before you start to notice the compression and loose quality.