.JPG question

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nonai

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• May 14, 2014

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I asked someone to make me a picture for a website.
The .jpg he sent is 960x330 in dimensions
The size is 230 kb
does that make sense? I thought jpg is highly compressed and the size should be a lot smaller?
does the guy not know what he is doing? should I ask someone else to do it?

 

Last edited: May 14, 2014

Conor

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• May 14, 2014

• #2

Really?

If you want to make it smaller (compressed), go into Photoshop and click "Save For Web".

It sounds like the average size I'd expect from a .jpg of that resolution...

 

Macthetrix

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• May 14, 2014

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what kind of question is that?

 

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Hoz82

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Depends on the resolution of that jpeg.. Jpeg compression works like this: take a pixel, check near for other pixels of the same color, merge them in a single pixel, go on until all pixels are checked. So, more pixels with different colors means more data to store and more memory to use. However, Photoshop save for web is a good option, open PS and then ctrl+alt+shift+s and save the file.

 

SombodyLoLz

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• May 15, 2014

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That's okay compression level.

Besides, you should be using png anyways.

 

FBGuru

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• May 15, 2014

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Maybe he sent you the HQ version. And no, he knows what he's doing, you only don't know how it works so please don't put the blame on him.

Upload it here to compress it to the max while maintaining the quality : http://www.smushit.com/ysmush.it/