Photoshop is a powerful tool and for only $10/month, you can use this application to it’s fullest. I do not pretend to be a professional, most of what I learned about it is from a couple of weekend college classes and online tutorials.
I would love to hear from all Photoshop experts on best practices and tips for churches and Christians to implement.
In the mean time, here are some tips from this infographic on file types that you should know if you plan to work with images:
- JPEG compression for online use could be reduced to 60%-75%, but originals should be left alone. Flyers and posters will require lossless files.
- GIF filetypes only use 256 colors and therefore are very small, but not great for high res photos of faces or places.
- PNG images are perfect for logos, images with transparency, and complex image where filesize can be large. They are unsupported by older browsers.
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Jonathan Ober says
This infographic mentions older browsers and support for the files…honestly if you are coding for older browsers that don’t support these image files you are probably having more headaches than not being able to use a .png file. The regularly used browsers should be able to support the usage though.
Eric Dye says
Agreed.
Jeremy Smith says
It depends on how far you want to go with it, but for Web designers, some want to get to as close to 100% as possible. It’s good to just be aware.
Eric Dye says
I love this chart!
Jeremy Smith says
Ditto!
Ken Koichi Smith says
All great except for one chart, and includes useful things I’d forgotten.
The “Which should you use” chart should have the other uses for GIFs as already described further up.
Jeremy Smith says
Nice point
Scott Dixon says
I love this chart – I think I’ll be sharing this on my twitter and beyond! Great info to remember and share..
Jeremy Smith says
Love it and glad it was good for you. Enjoy!