PSP 9 Challenges

Greetings!
I just attempted my first editing with PSP 9.
I need help.
I opened a 714 Kb file, added text, saved the file.
It grew to over 12 MB!

All I want to do is put a caption on the photo, plus name over the three
people in the picture.

The onboard help file did not provide the answers to my questions.

Does anybody have ideas on what I should do to keep the file to a small
size?

TIA!

-- Dave

From: "Dave"

I opened a 714 Kb file, added text, saved the file.
It grew to over 12 MB!

All I want to do is put a caption on the photo, plus name over the three
people in the picture.

Does anybody have ideas on what I should do to keep the file to a small
size?

Just a guess but you probably opened up a 714 KB jpeg file (which is a
compressed format) and then saved it in a non-compressed format after your
changes.

You should be able to save it as a jpeg and get the size back down ... not a
bad idea to save the non-compressed file too in case you want to tweak some of
your changes too.

Bill

From: "Dave"

I opened a 714 Kb file, added text, saved the file.
It grew to over 12 MB!

All I want to do is put a caption on the photo, plus name over the three
people in the picture.

Does anybody have ideas on what I should do to keep the file to a small
size?

Just a guess but you probably opened up a 714 KB jpeg file (which is a
compressed format) and then saved it in a non-compressed format after your
changes.

You should be able to save it as a jpeg and get the size back down ... not a
bad idea to save the non-compressed file too in case you want to tweak some of
your changes too.

Bill

Don't write in capital letters. Capital letters take up more space!!

Actually I'm just kidding. What Bill said is probably correct - try to
save again in the same format (JPEG). You can also change the
compression settings under save options.

Jules
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Shuttertalk Forums Member
http://www.shuttertalk.com

Don't write in capital letters. Capital letters take up more space!!

Actually I'm just kidding. What Bill said is probably correct - try to
save again in the same format (JPEG). You can also change the
compression settings under save options.

Jules
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Shuttertalk Forums Member
http://www.shuttertalk.com

Don't write in capital letters. Capital letters take up more space!!

Actually I'm just kidding. What Bill said is probably correct - try to
save again in the same format (JPEG). You can also change the
compression settings under save options.

Jules
------------------
Shuttertalk Forums Member
http://www.shuttertalk.com

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:51:22 -0700, "Dave" wrote:

Greetings!
I just attempted my first editing with PSP 9.
I need help.
I opened a 714 Kb file, added text, saved the file.
It grew to over 12 MB!

All I want to do is put a caption on the photo, plus name over the three
people in the picture.

The onboard help file did not provide the answers to my questions.

Does anybody have ideas on what I should do to keep the file to a small
size?

TIA!

-- Dave

Save As a Jpeg file?
What did you Save As?

Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:51:22 -0700, "Dave" wrote:

Greetings!
I just attempted my first editing with PSP 9.
I need help.
I opened a 714 Kb file, added text, saved the file.
It grew to over 12 MB!

All I want to do is put a caption on the photo, plus name over the three
people in the picture.

The onboard help file did not provide the answers to my questions.

Does anybody have ideas on what I should do to keep the file to a small
size?

TIA!

-- Dave

Save As a Jpeg file?
What did you Save As?

Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

Hi,

If PSP is like Photoshop, text goes on a separate layer. Does PSP have an
option to flatten layers?
Just a guess
Rosita

Hi,

If PSP is like Photoshop, text goes on a separate layer. Does PSP have an
option to flatten layers?
Just a guess
Rosita