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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ziggy29, post: 27837, member: 1113&quot;]When images are too big, it&#039;s usually one of the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; The files are saved in a &quot;lossless&quot; file format like GIF or (shudder) BMP.&nbsp; These retain information about all the bits in the images and that makes them larger.&nbsp; BMP files in particular aren&#039;t compressed at all.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; Even when stored in JPG format -- a &quot;lossy&quot; but more efficient compression scheme -- the quality is cranked up too high.&nbsp; As you approach 100% quality in a JPG, you get close to the size of a GIF file, for example.&nbsp; Usually for a good picture you can reduce the quality to about 70-75% and reduce the size of the file by a factor of anywhere from 3 to 10 times.&nbsp; (That is, a 100K file at 100% quality may be about 10-30K with 70% quality.)&nbsp; That&#039;s almost always good enough for online imaging.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as imaging programs, I have a Mac so I love Graphic Converter (which is a Mac-based program).&nbsp; It does 95% of the common things Photoshop can do, and it&#039;s shareware for about 40 bucks.&nbsp; The developer is constantly improving it and the upgrade policies for registered users have always been very generous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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