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Sep 10^th, 2007 at 2:03pm

Flying Buckeye Offline
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I have been having problems with compression. I have tried to get several images under the 100k limit but when i do the screenshot has a compressed look and usually ends up between 20kand 30k. Are there any good freeware programs out there to help with this?

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Reply #1 - Sep 10^th, 2007 at 2:12pm

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This is the best free program out there and relatively simply to use. http://www.irfanview.com/

I used for a long time until I bought photoshop.

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Reply #2 - Sep 10^th, 2007 at 2:59pm

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Thanks Matt.

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Reply #3 - Sep 10^th, 2007 at 3:34pm

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I use photoshop, but I expect irfanview is similar - with each picture, when you save it, move the quality slider carefully to get the closest to your target Kb - usually 96 is best.

Other things - complex background = more KB....harder to compress and make look good
Red and some other colours don't compress well because they are so rich

You can also try making your shots only 700 wide - they are still adequate for viewing, but you'll be able to get better picture quality.

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Krigl

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