On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:00:16 +0800, karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote/replied to: >just tried a complicated TIF which I cropped to the above size & saved it >with irfanview as a jpeg . > >249k -100% quality > >51k -80% quality > >no discernable difference, banding, artifacts or visible jpeg nonsense. > > >I'm guessing you are working with photoshop - maybe try running the images >you are getting such sizes for through an image stripping program like jpeg >stripper to see if there is redundant information being stored - if so >stripping it might bring the image size down to something you'll find more >reasonable without compromising the image detail. Sorry I do not intend to get some other program to try and squeeze in a smaller JPG. Your image was different than mine. Mine had lots of detail and so did not compress well. -- Jim Davis, Owner, Eastern Beaver Company: http://easternbeaver.com/ Motorcycle Relay Kits, Powerlet, Posi-Lock, Parts, Info, Photos K100RSes on both sides of the planet!