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picturemom
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
Posts: 956
Location: kansas
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:45 pm
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how in the world you you guys keep your images under 5mb's I made a "grundge style" background and can't get in under the 5mb limit. I have even sized it down to 100x75 px's. and got it down to 8mb's I wanted to enter the July contest. anyway. any tips of the trade you would be willing to share with me?!? I try to use brushes less often but it really limits me to what i really want to do. I wonder if SS would be willing to change the standards to 10 mb's or something?
ohhh well would love to know how you guys do it!
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adamh
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Posts: 39
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:55 pm
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Use Illustrator/Freehand or any vector program. Create as line art & colour and it should keep your file size down.
But then again, you won't have the flexibility of Photoshop.
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picturemom
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
Posts: 956
Location: kansas
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:01 pm
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lol thanks!! i use adobe illustrator CS2!! and really like it but just can't seem to get what i want under the 5mb limit!!! sighhh i'll keep at it though!!
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picturemom
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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Location: kansas
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:34 pm
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well i am getting some things done under 5mb's but it's not looking like i want it too!! that's ok though, It's still fun!!! wish i could figure out how to post an example. i haven't uploaded them here to SS yet lol!!
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hiepdng
Joined: 03 Oct 2005
Posts: 489
Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:01 pm
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I am using Illustrator, and there are some functions that make the final file size so big when I save as Illustrator8. When it happens, I convert the vector to JPEG file, which I do not really want. |
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frozenpeas
Joined: 23 Jun 2005
Posts: 1277
Location: C:/DOS, C:/DOS/RUN, RUN/DOS/RUN
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:19 am
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I find this aswell.
CS has lots of extra features that earlier versions did not have. I use both CS and Illus 8.0 and find the 8.0 eps files are smaller.
Things to maybe avoid in CS:
Turn off Embed Fonts (shouldn't matter anyway as you should create outlines for all fonts)
Turn off - Include document thumbnails
Avoid - Transparency where possible
Avoid - Gradients where possible
Delete anything that is not part of the illustration like spare layers and stray objects (you should do this anyway as I recon SS will reject it)
Rob
P.S. of course some things are just so complex that there is no way to reduce them. Then you are going to have to settle with a jpeg. |
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jerseyjoker
Joined: 02 Jul 2007
Posts: 60
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:09 pm
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Hi I'm new here and I was wondering where it says that illustrations have to be under 5 MB? I've read the submitter's guidelines and the FAQ and only see information about the pixel size, not the file size. I haven't been paying any attention to this but maybe I should? I'm only doing fractals at this time.
Thanks for any insight.
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frozenpeas
Joined: 23 Jun 2005
Posts: 1277
Location: C:/DOS, C:/DOS/RUN, RUN/DOS/RUN
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:58 am
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| jerseyjoker wrote: | Hi I'm new here and I was wondering where it says that illustrations have to be under 5 MB? I've read the submitter's guidelines and the FAQ and only see information about the pixel size, not the file size. I haven't been paying any attention to this but maybe I should? I'm only doing fractals at this time.
Thanks for any insight.
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The 5mb limit is only for vectors. Illustrations in jpeg format can be anything above the minimum.
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faerydae
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:59 am
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I'm not sure how it would work for vectors but when I need an image sized down I open it in Paint and just resave it. It brings the file size down considerably without losing any detail.
Hope that helps. |
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cobaltmoon
Joined: 22 May 2007
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