Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Understanding File Formats

Hello Students,

In this exercise you will practice using the "save for web & devices" feature in Photoshop, a media industry standard when creating compressed images.

Take notes during todays lecture and post your notes to your blog before completing the exercise below.

File Format Exercise
  1. Right-click on the two images below, save them to your computer and open them in Photoshop
  2. Go to File / Save for Web & Devices
  3. Photoshop has 12 presets, save 1 example of each. Use proper self descriptive file names from low quality to high quality
  4. Compare the results
  5. Repeat step 3 using the VW Bus illustration
  6. Write a short paragraph about your results and answer these questions. Which image has the best quality? Which has the best file size? Which has the best balance of file size and quality and why?
  7. Assemble your results, group images by format and compression level (high to low) and post to your blog. You should have 24 final images to upload. 




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