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Questions about making file sizes as small as possible, balancing with quality. Optimization ensures fast loading of the file, important for web use, especially mobile.

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Reduce File Size of SVG

Can someone explain if / how I can reduce the (seemingly huge) file size of the Cat2 SVG? I've tried optimising CAT2 in Inkscape (simplifying (to reduce nodes), smoothing, optimising) & even using ...
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How to convert cut-out shapes to optimized stacked shapes with minimum points?

What I want I want to transform a raster image into a vector image with minimum number of vertices. (Specifically, into a sticker for a messaging app, which is a gzipped lottie file, but that's ...
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How to choose the right setting of new photoshop document for a given purpose

I'm using Photoshop CC, and it's working just fine. I use it mostly for background images, for posters on social media and more and more for drawing these times. I also print some work from time to ...
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Does printer color usage depend on how the object is designed?

This seems a stupid question but I am not sure about its result. suppose we want to draw a yellow triangle over a blue rectangle. Is it important (for printing purpose) to colorize the below of ...
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Optimizing pdf, all parameters remain same but why part of text became wiggly / wavy?

I created a document in photoshop. I converted it to large size pdf and everything looked good. When I optimize the pdf the upper part of text gets wiggly / wavy (see attached image) but the bottom ...
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Why does this SVG element have so much whitespace?

Here's a crowbar. I have downloaded the SVG version of it, and have attempted to rotate it so it is more horizontal (for use as a text banner) -- but apparently the highlight (the brighter red on the ...
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Missing icons of whole Adobe products [closed]

This problem is quite unusual cause doesnt concern graphic design problems. I've recently migrated my Adobe softs from C disk to D and all icons of each product just missed and become default It'd ...
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How to optimize a linegraphic from screenshot for publishing?

I would need some guidance on how to proceed. I use a technical program that produces line graphs with text in it, similar to this figure: https://i.sstatic.net/0D63t.jpg However, it cannot print ...
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Why is my SVG file so big?

I've just got a designer to convert our old .PNG logo to a .SVG logo as our new Wordpress theme uses a .SVG logo. The .SVG logo the theme comes with is 3kb and the .SVG logo the designer has created ...
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Optimizing images: Resize or optimize first?

I want to optimize images for web. I have a tool for resizing images (Photoshop) and a tool for optimizing images (ImageOptim). What would be the best order that results in a minimal image file size ...
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Why is the same image being scaled differently by photoshop and Gimp

Heyo, I'm learning web optimization. I needed to scale a large image down from over a thousand pixels... ...to 51x72 pixels. I used GIMP, and simply changed the resolution to 72 ppi (naturally, no ...
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Tried making a gif transparent, unoptomized I got a trail, optomized I got a grainy effect

The first image is the gif unoptimized, the second image is the gif optimized when exported. Both images had the "replace layer" option selected. Any idea what I could do to get a middle ground with ...
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Does the GIF file format remove shared data between frames?

I'm looking into various file formats and how they are optimized for their main purposes, but I've found that the GIF file format uses lossless compression meaning it would have a higher file size ...
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Why do images appear to have one file size on desktop but then another in an image editing piece of software?

Recently, I have started to look into image optimisation. Specifically, optimising images for the web. Using Photoshop, I have come to notice that when you open a new image, the file size could ...
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New: Photoshop - Export As - Why no Progressive JPG Option

Photoshop - Export As - Why no Progressive JPG Option Why does the latest version of Photoshop not have the JPG Progressive option as a choice when using the Export As option and only in the Legacy ...
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