karl shah-jenner wrote: : >: >> Actually, when I took the image off the web site and opened it in : >: >> photoshop it was 2.2M and 15" long. I did that just before I did the : >: >> review. I think that jibes with what I've experienced about images : >: >> on the web. : I'm trying to be a professional. I don't let PS do much for me. No, : I don't have PS resizing upon opening. I have actions that do that. : And no, I never tried to resave, so I never found out what the amount : of compression on the original file was. righty O I just saved the image twice - once as a jpeg ('save as' from the web) once as a TIF the jpeg was 56k the TIF 2.2 Mb there's the problem! k