Paintshop Pro Question

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oink@woosh.co.nz wrote:
> When I use the one step photo fix function, I notice the altered image
> file is half or smaller than the size of the original. But of course
> much improved.
> Has the program removed lot's of useless artifacts, what has gone?
> Can't find anything in the help files.
> Just curious,
> DonB

Hi Don...

The series of changes effected by the one step photo fix
actually added much more detail to the pic; so if you
saved it in compressed format it should have been much
larger, if anything.

Suspect what you're doing is saving the changed pic as a
jpeg; and you have the jpeg default compression level much
too high.

As an experiment, just before saving your next, click on
save as rather than save; choose jpeg (if it isn't already);
then before saving click options. Note that you can then
(many ways) choose the compression level.

Hope that helps, just a bit. Holler if you want more

Ken

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oink@woosh.co.nz wrote:
> Thanks a lot Ken. I played around as you suggested, and It all makes
> sense!
> Interestingly, on this image the program optimizer gives 20%
> compression factor, and that file at 200% enlargement was
> indistinguishable from an uncompressed file when printed. The optimizer
> must be very clever!
> DonB
>
When you save as a .jpg in PSP, look for the box that offers options, so you can experiment with
different compressions and see the effects. You'll get a better feel that way about what
compression works best for you.