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Save file size by turning off image previews - Today's Imaging Tip
by David Chartier Sep 12th 2005 at 5:52PM
If you're using Photoshop to create images for the web and/or are interested in squeezing out every useless KB you can, I came across a tip at PhotoshopSupport.com that can save you up to 70% in file size. Go into the "File Handling" section of Photoshop's preferences and change the the 'Image Previews' option from the default "always save" to "never save" or "always ask." Image previews are what allows you to see the image in icon form when browsing through your system's folders, whether on OS X or Windows. Image previews also take up a decent share of extra file size you might not always need or want in your files, so changing that feature will allow you to really streamline your site's images, or at the least reclaim some of your hard drive.
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Chipp said 8:36PM on 9-12-2005
This isn't really an important issue, as most folks who save files in Photoshop for web use the 'Save for Web' option, where you can fine tune the save settings.
I think this post could end up confusing more people than helping them. Just my 2 cents.
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Juan Ignacio said 10:35PM on 9-12-2005
Chipp, i don't think that the tip it's to the "Save for Web" images, i think that it's for the heavy PSD's of 300MB or more...
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