As a graphic designer, you may often be asked to deliver web-ready images, such as photos for a web site or banner ads. The Photoshop “Save for Web” tool is a simple and easy way to prepare your JPEG files for the web, helping with the trade-off between file size and image quality.
NOTE: For this tutorial, we are looking at saving JPEG images. The Save for Web tool is also built to save GIF, PNG, and BMP files.
What Makes a Graphic “Web-Ready?”
- Resolution is 72 dpi
- Color mode is RGB
- Generally reduced in file size for faster loading web pages
