File size

[The Grons]

I just made a flyer; nothing extravagant - 10 photos in it, and it is 60meg in size.....is there a setting on my program that I have to adjust? This flyer is only 8.5 by 11 and has a few text frames and photos...

Thanks,

John

[GaryK]

Hi John

That sounds about right as a PSD. :eek:

I have a 6MP camera and any file that is saved as a PSD starts at about 18MB.
That would be 6MB per colour channel.

So add some more photos and some non adjustment layers and 60MB is not out of reason.

On a side note. One reason to use adjustment layers is that it doesn't add up as quick as a regular layer.

[TonyW]

I'm not that surprised either - if all the images and text frames are on separate layers it would get that big especially if you are using a high resolution like 300. If you really want it smaller you could flatten the layers (but then you couldn't edit the text or adjust the images easily) or you could likely use a lower resolution - say 200.

And when I think that the first hard drive I ever had in a computer was 20 MB :eek: and I had all kinds of stuff stored on it.

Tony

[The Grons]

thank you both, I have gone thru and done the resize...got it down from 80 mg., thanks for the comment re: adjustment layer, I always wondered what the benefit of these is because it seems that you can do the same with a standard layer as what you can do with the adjustment layers.

Is there any advantage to the gradient layer versuses using the gradient tool on it's own layer?

[tomlaronge]

Tony,
My first hard drive was 20kb and my office paid $7,000 for their first laser printer which was upgraded to have 2mb of memory. The mother board went out in wxactly one year and two days at a replacement cost of $2,400.
Tony, I do not know whether you are allowed to sit on bar stools, but i guess that computers have advanced.
Tom

[GaryK]

John

I like adjustment layers for most things I do. Mostly because I like the ability to go back and make changes just by clicking on the thumbnail..plus the built in mask is very handy.

I just tried the gradiant thing and both files were the same size.
The drag method seems to give more contol over the start and end of the gradiant, while the adjustment layer one lets you change things interactively.:)

[The Grons]

Say do you have a good link to point me to on masks? My book "the missing manual" doesn't say much on masks. What is the diff between a mask and a layer and what is it's top benefit?

Thanks,

John

[quillabee9]

Try this link
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7723020561810181483&pr=goog-sl

[GaryK]

John

The link that Gail gave is excellent. One of Butch's masterpieces.:)