You will need
- - Photoshop,
- - file format jpg.
Instruction
1
Open the file in Photoshop with the command "Open" ("Open") of menu "File" ("File"). Can use the keys “Ctrl+O”.
2
Click the "hot-key "Alt+Ctrl+I" or click the "Image size"image Size" from the menu "Image" ("Image").
3
Reduce the file size. To do this, you can reduce the linear dimensions of the image, its resolution, or both at once. Select from the drop-down list the units that you use. These can be percentages, pixels, millimeters, centimeters, inches or points. Enter the desired value in the field "Width", "Height" and "Resolution" ("Width", "Height" and "Resolution"). Click "OK".
4
Save the reduced file under a different name, using the keys "Shift+Ctrl+S" or command "Save As" (Save as) from menu "File" ("File"). At this stage you can reduce the file size, increasing its compression. To do this, drag the slider in the "Image Options" ("Options images"), or type a numeric value in the "Quality" ("Quality"). The higher the value of parameter "Quality", the greater the final file size and Vice versa, the lower the quality the smaller the file size. Click “OK”.
Note
Before downloading the file to the Internet, open it in the viewer of your images. It may be that you put the compression to a very high value, and the image lost a lot of quality. In this case, again open the original file in “Photoshop” and select other settings to reduce the file.
Useful advice
There is another way to reduce the size of the file in “Photoshop”. For this you can use the command "Save for web" (Save for the web") the "File" menu ("File").
In the opened window select from the drop-down menu "Preset" ("Preset") one of the following: "JPEG high," "JPEG medium" or "JPEG low". In the tab "Image size" (image Size, enter the size you need. Can specify the size value in percentages by typing a value from the keyboard in the field “Percent”. Click "Save" (Save).
In the opened window select from the drop-down menu "Preset" ("Preset") one of the following: "JPEG high," "JPEG medium" or "JPEG low". In the tab "Image size" (image Size, enter the size you need. Can specify the size value in percentages by typing a value from the keyboard in the field “Percent”. Click "Save" (Save).