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bluedolphin · #1 (**permalink**) 05-06-2006

? ladies... How do I make my work on PSP look sharper and neat once I save it?

I'm so upset. Once I save it to JPG (cause that's what I need it saved as) all the fonts get all weird looking instead of all neat.Like on my siggy, the "Us together" look all weird not like when I was working on it

What to do??

mary5704 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-06-2006

If you are referring to a change when you resize your LO, try this.

First, merge all the visible layers. I always work on a duplicate image so I don't accidentally lose my pspimage with the layers. Use Window, Duplicate to get another copy.
Then resize the LO.
Use the unsharp mask on the LO. It's under Adjust, Sharpness. This will make both your photos and anything else on the layout clearer. You always lose sharpness when you resize an image.
Finally, save as a jpg using the optimizer to make the needed file size. Set the compression value as low as possible and still meet the file size you need.

Tracey R (Haley64) · #3 (**permalink**) 05-07-2006

If you are talking about every image you save in PSP going odd on you, are the ones you are trying to save as .jpg's? If it is you need to adjust your jpg compression and optimatization to the correct amount. This changes and varies according to what you image is, if you have text you need to use the first setting in jpg under you options button set to YCvCr 1x1 1x1 1x1 (None) and compression factor about 10-15. then if you click the run Optimizer button you can see how much compression verses how your image will degrade if you use to much in the preview window.
Also uncheck the save EXIF infomation box to help save on image size, EXIF is mainly used for photo info from your digital camera and such.