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When I save something as a .jpg or .gif file in Paint or Adobe Photoshop 3.0, the quality of the image decreases greatly. Anyone know a program that keeps the quality 100% perfect? Thanks
 
It's possible to maintain a good quality in JPEG but the size will be large. You have no choice but to decrease the quality if you want to keep the file size small. In GIF, you have a limited 256 colour palette so the quality variation will be visible if the image is a photo type. You can use Macromedia Fireworks which is great for optimizing images for the web, you can compare the differences between the original one. Also, Adobe ImageReady that comes with Adobe Photoshop. Im pretty sure there are also freeware ones.

Best regards,
 
In Photoshop, when you select "Save a copy..." and save your image as .jpg, there will be a window that comes up after you click Save titled JPEG Options. In the Image Options section, you can select the quality of your to-be-saved image. Choose Maximum or type 10 in the box, then click OK.

Be warned that your image will be... kinda large. :)
 
Try slicing your image and saving the pieces in *.gif files. Loads faster, higher quality.
 
Originally posted by LeX
Nick, GIF quality is better than JPEG??????????????? :confused:
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GIF is limited color, NOT QUALITY. If you keep the image cut up with around 255 colors on each slice you'll get BETTER results because a much smaller file. JPGs can be high quality BIG files but compressed ones usually have blurry spots.

GIF is by far the way to go, or at least for the web it is.
 
That's it! Limited color... I don't like/want that.. so I'll go with the bigger JPEGs :D
 
I've actually switched to .gif's in this case. The color has changed but not much and the quality is perfect..plus their smaller than .jpg's
 
Originally posted by LeX
That's it! Limited color... I don't like/want that.. so I'll go with the bigger JPEGs :D
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That's why you slice it, duh. To keep less color on the slices and then the quality is the same. If I had a 265 color image I could slice off those ten other colors in another gif and it'd be of the same quality of a JPG AND it would be smaller. You can use ANY 255 colors in PhotoShop, not a set pallete.
 
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